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Play about gay bashing changes school culture Cop’s Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

A decade after Matthew Shepard was discovered hanging on a fence in Laramie, Wyoming, the issue of gay bashing has become mainstream material for school theatre.

Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project tells the story of a theatre troupe who ventured to the western town so famously branded by the beating death and the very public homophobic reaction that followed.

Kelowna Secondary School plans to stage the play next week, giving Okanagan audiences an unfettered account of the historic case which would eventually change the definition of a hate crime in the United States to includes crimes motivated by gender and sexual orientation.

“People seem to find it more interesting when you’re doing a play about a true story, so I always start by telling people it’s a true story,” said 16-yearold Grade 12 student Avery Kirk, who plays several characters in the show, including a detective working on the case and one of the actors interviewing the town’s people.

The Laramie Project brings the story to life through the eyes of 74 different characters, using words transcribed from interviews of Laramie residents as they tried to debrief the theatre company on what had hap-

pened, why it happened, and what it meant for their town and the world.

Shepard’s funeral was used as a platform for homophobic members of the community to protest, in particular a Christian preacher, earning the town an international reputation both for the crime and the fallout.

And yet, as the KSS students have learned, that didn’t stop some residents from denying what had occurred.

In exposing those attitudes, and the ease with which some slough responsibility, teacher Neal Facey says he hopes the project will prove a culture bender.

“There are kids in this school who are afraid.

They are afraid to be at school,” he said.

“There’s a line in the play where one character says, ‘This is America.

You shouldn’t have the right to feel that afraid.’

“Well, when we started, I told (the students) this play will change you.

It doesn’t make it easy on the audience, but it will change you. It changes school culture.”

Based in a town roughly the size of Penticton, the students working on the project seem to understand the significance just as well.

Isabel Simmons said one of her characters has to pick up medication for her daughter, a cop who was exposed to Shepard’s blood. He was HIV positive and the daughter needs the medication

fate in judge’s hands Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER

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AVERY KIRK, Isabel Simmons and John Wilk will tell the story of Matthew Shepard’s murder and the town of Laramie’s reaction in a story that changed the definition and meaning of a hate crime. to stave off potential infection.

“It shows how two human beings can cause so much grief,” said Simmons. “And just how far that goes.”

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Kirk and Simmons say the concept of the story, which takes shape from the interviews theatre troupe actors elicit, ensures it’s as unbiased an account as possible, al-

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Still, the play is designed to look at the difference between tolerance and acceptance, student

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It’s now up to a judge to decide whether Kelowna cop Christopher Brinnen was fulfilling his duties or lost his cool over some police-specific slurs last year when he chased down a local man and clocked him.

The judge, who will offer a verdict at a yet-tobe-scheduled date, will have to wade through three days of conflicting testimony regarding the Feb. 14, 2010, barflush where alleged victim Kyle Nelson, 24, got a black eye from a run-in with Const. Brinnen.

Crown counsel Joel Gold brought forth witnesses who made Brinnen appear like a cop who, annoyed by belligerent behaviour, went to great lengths and contravened police policy to prove a point.

Some testimony, Gold admitted in closing, was inconsistent, but all witnesses agreed the conflict started just after 2 a.m., when Nelson left Gotchas with five others, and it escalated quickly.

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CIVIC ELECTION W BUS SERVICE

Transit proponent group looking for some action Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

The residents of Holiday Park Resort, off Commonwealth Road, may look like a happy bunch, but they’re tired of politicians that don’t listen.

They do not have adequate bus service to their leasehold community off Highway 97—the spot where the giant boat sits en route to Lake Country—and they have been trying to get a city councillor or the mayor’s attention to the matter for upwards of five years.

“You need to walk 1.9 kilometres to the bus stop on the highway if you want to catch the bus,” explained Sue MacIntyre.

“We are seniors and we’re going to be walking on slippery unplowed roads again soon.”

After years of petitioning, letter writing, knocking on doors and so forth, Tuesday evening they rented their own bus and had it deliver them to Rutland Centennial Hall to meet the municipal election candidates, who are supposed to be knock-

ing on their doors this season.

“We’re kind of done telling people what we want to see done,” MacIntyre said. “So, we’re hoping by all of us being here tonight, we’ll actually see some action.”

Finding their scrupulous champion in the sea of hopeful faces would prove an equally hard task, however.

Most people the Capital News spoke with indicated the trade fair-style approach used for the event, allowing candidates to simply set up a booth and talk to voters, offered the best hope for campaigning so far.

Yet everyone agreed the number of candidates this year is seriously overwhelming individual messages, making it hard to establish one person’s views from another.

“It’s just the sheer numbers,” said Rutland resident Barb Jones, shaking her head. “Can’t they change the criteria to run?”

Altogether, there are 40 council candidates, five mayoral candidates

and 14 people running for school trustee.

In a word, it’s “overwhelming,” the Holiday Park crew said.

And for the candidates, it can be frustrating.

With media outlets struggling to handle the sheer volume of the council race, trustee hopefuls like Larry Gray, nephew of mayoral candidate Walter Gray, have found a serious chasm in coverage.

“There isn’t any interest in it. It’s sad really. It’s a really important job,” he said.

The lack of attention from traditional media has forced him to think outside the box, meet with as many parent advisory councils as possible and groups like the Central Okanagan Parent Advisory Council just to get his name out there.

Chatter about the room Tuesday evening suggested many residents believe there are more candidates this time due to economic woes.

Several bystanders noted the candidates were being quite upfront about their employment status,

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DAVID MacIntyre, Annette McInnes and Sue MacIntyre (from left to right) have been helping their neighbour

Gordon McInnes (back row, third from right) with his campaign to secure better bus service, taking their message to the city council candidates at a public forum held Tuesday at Rutland Centennial Hall. saying they needed the work and the pay cheque, and others speculated the retired candidates might be feeling the pinch of investments soured in the global economic turmoil.

On the other end of the spectrum, city council candidate David Boyko said he believes a few fellow candidates were actually being impolite by running.

“There are people here with multiple jobs,” he said. “They don’t need

this. I’m retired. I have the time to do it. If you phone me, I’ll phone you back.”

Boyko also echoed sentiments from many other candidates that an all candidates meeting held earlier in the day was a total waste of time.

With nary a student in sight, he said the candidates who came out to campaign found they were talking to themselves.

“Apathy in Canada is horrendous,” he said.

He’s encouraging

W NORTH END RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Judie Steeves Traffic and parking issues in the North End neighbourhood of Kelowna, around Prospera Place and the boat launch at Sutherland Park, are a concern to area residents.

North End Residents’ Association president Heather Rice said they would be interested in hearing candidates’ views on what plans they have to solve the parking prob-

lems generated by both facilities.

“Those are huge issues,” she commented.

“We’re still a small residential neighbourhood with kids playing in the street, so transportation and traffic issues are important,” she added.

North End residents would also like to know how candidates feel about the long-proposed second crossing of Okanagan Lake, Rice said, which would direct traffic

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WE’D LIKE TO KEEP THE LOOK OF OUR OLD WAR HOMES. Heather Rice NERA president

through the north end and around downtown Kelowna and back to Highway 97.

“More roads don’t help the traffic flow. They just increase it,” she noted.

Perhaps a park and ride on the Westside would be a better idea, she suggested.

Other neighbourhood interests that irritate local residents include issues such as boats in Sutherland Bay, dog parks and the design and form of carriage homes, many of which have been built in the neighbourhood in recent years.

paigns for change and make snap decisions based on securing popular opinion.

“I love all the bike lanes. Love that the city’s been moving to a more public involvement in the process for big decisions and I hope the next council has caution with those big decisions,” she said.

“They need to be thinking about what Kelowna will look like 100 years from now.” jsmith@kelownacapnews.com

Challenge for candidates

Traffic, carriage home issues resonate STAFF REPORTER

his 18-year-old daughter to bring her friends to the polling stations come election day, saying they need to learn that they can make a difference.

“If you vote, people will see that you came out,” Boyko said he told his daughter.

Hilary Pada was one of the younger people out Tuesday evening trying to learn about the candidates.

She worries the next council will hear the cam-

“They need to fit into the area. We’d like to keep the look of our old war homes,” Rice said.

And, then there’s the future of the subsidized housing project at Richter, Cambridge and Ellis, which was recently taken over by the province.

Residents are worried about what the long-term plans for that property are now that the city no longer manages it. jsteeves@kelownacapnews.com

The Capital News will publish a series of stories leading up to the election that allow prominent local neighbourhood and business groups to voice their civic election issue concerns.

We invite the council candidates to respond to those issues online at our website, www.kelownacapnews. com. We will publish the candidates’ responses in upcoming Capital News editions up to Nov. 18.

To respond, candidates can scroll to the bottom of a story. There will be a section called comments where your responses can be posted online.

However, to do so you will need a Disqus account.

Click on the Disqus link on the top right of the comment box. From there, it’s going to ask you to use your email to create a user name. We recommend you use your actual name because this could be a way to get a message out to the electorate.

Comment to your heart’s content, but only once. This isn’t a chance to snipe, just communicate.

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Learn W CIVIC ELECTION about Mayoral frontrunners trustee square off in debate hopefuls Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

Two local education groups will host a pair of all-candidate forums for school trustee elections next week.

The Central Okanagan Teachers’ Association and Central Okanagan Parent Advisory Council have organized the following forums: Kelowna school trustee candidates, Monday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., at the Hollywood Road Education Services Building, 1040 Hollywood Rd., in Kelowna; West Kelowna and Peachland/CORD West school trustee candidates, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., at Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary, 2751 Cameron Rd., in West Kelowna.

The forums are intended to allow residents to hear from the candidates on education issues.

The two frontrunners in the race to be Kelowna’s next mayor squared off once again Monday night, but this time it was different.

Instead of appearing with the two other candidates in the race—organizers of Monday’s event excluded Cal Condy and Ken Chung saying it’s clear either Sharon Shepherd of Walter Gray are going to win— incumbent Shepherd and former mayor Gray were able to direct some of their comments directly at each other.

And at times, it seemed downright frosty between the pair who served together on council for the nine years when Gray was mayor and Shepherd a councillor.

The most notable exchange came after Gray was asked to give two examples, other than the

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controversial rejection of the downtown CD-21 development zone, of mistakes Shepherd’s council has made.

Given Gray’s general criticism of the current council as being unbalanced, indecisive, in need of change and creating a feeling the city is “not open for business,” many expected Gray to outline a litany of missteps. But the man Shepherd defeated handily in 2005 was surprisingly coy.

First asking the audience if it felt that was a fair question, Gray then said he would instead talk about the CD-21 zone.

When he finished, Shepherd, clearly irritated by the accusation her council is not business friendly, looked across at Gray and asked: “Walt, what haven’t I done?

Couldn’t find two other things, eh?”

But while he refused to list mistakes he feels the current councils has

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made, Gray did say a lack of support by city hall for a proposed major manufacturing plant to be located at the northern end of the city cost Kelowna 240 jobs when it was moved to the United States.

Gray would not identify the business or the owner, but said at a time when Kelowna needs jobs, the city needs to be more welcoming to businesses that want to open here.

But the accusation of not being business-friendly clearly makes Shepherd bristle. “We are open for business,” she declared.

The city has been named the 13th most business-friendly city in Canada, she said, and the number one most business-friendly city in the province.

And she added Kelowna has the lowest business taxes of any city in the province with a population over 75,000.

On the issue of the CD-21 zone, which could have seen a massive private-sector redevelopment in parts of the downtown core, Gray said while he supported it, he now believes it is dead and it’s time to move on.

But Gray was not all negative. He praised the city for its proposed new downtown plan and the decision to proceed with a $14-million revitalization of Bernard Avenue.

Shepherd said completion of the Bernard Avenue work, moving the existing Lakefront Seniors’ Centre to a new building at the Parkinson Recreation Centre and work on Lakeshore Road are her top three city projects.

She later added that the list of projects on the

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MAYORAL CANDIDATES Walter Gray and Sharon Shepherd squared off on Monday for the second time in two weeks at the Mary Irwin Theatre at a debate. city’s plate is long and affect all areas of Kelowna.

Both Gray and Shepherd said there needs to be a focus on policing to keep city streets safe and both said they support the RCMP as the policing agency for the city.

The province and federal government are currently negotiating a new RCMP contract and neither Shepherd nor Gray said they favoured creation of a municipal police force to replace the RCMP. Both also lauded the work the city has done in helping increase the amount of social housing build in the city in recent years, with Shepherd saying one of the reasons Kelowna not only received $30 million towards three social housing projects from Victoria and Ottawa last year—and also saw millions of dollars

in infrastructure stimulus money pumped into the city—was because Kelowna excels at planning and had several “shovelready” projects set to go.

As for their individual styles of leadership, Shepherd said her approach is one of inclusiveness and consensus building.

“I’m quiet but I’m relentless,” she told the audience of 300 at the Mary Irwin Theatre in the Rotary Centre For The Arts. “I’m short but I also like to say I’m mighty.”

Gray described his style of leadership as being more of a chairman of the board on council, recognizing there are eight other voices, and votes, at the council table.

And, in a departure from his previous position, he said on the issue of proclamations, he now feels it would be best to consult the rest of council

before issuing them.

In his second term as mayor, Gray ran afoul of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal for dropping the word “pride” from a requested Gay Pride Day proclamation.

Gray now says he realized many people were hurt by his actions and he would not like to see that happen again. Earlier in the campaign, Gray said he would not issue proclamations because of that situation. But he said he has changed his mind.

Shortly after winning the mayor’s race for the first time in 2005, Shepherd reversed Gray’s position at the city and started to issue proclamations again.

As for his previous proclamation troubles, Gray said he feels it is old news and it’s time to drop the issue and move on. awaters@kelownacapnews.com

H20 centre wall in line for $200,000 artistic facelift Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

The city has doubled its budget from $100,000 to $200,000 in order to find an artist willing to create a huge mural to adorn the side of the city’s H2O aquatic centre. But at least three members of city council are not happy about it.

“Two hundred-thousand dollars at this time of year, with the economy like it is, I find it obscene,” said Coun.

Graeme James who, along with Mayor Sharon Shepherd and Coun. Charlie Hodge, voted against the plan.

According to city staff, the long-envisioned public art project, first thought of a year before the aquatic and fitness centre opened in 2008, has already been the subject of an unsuccessful search for an artist to create a mural to cover the blank wall of the building that faces Gordon Drive. That project originally had a budget of $100,000.

But after failing to find an “acceptable submission,” the city staff and the public art committee has brought the project back to council, looking for a work that has “a pertinent community

based theme.”

While opposed to the project’s new cost, Hodge said as it is going to proceed anyway, so he would like to see local artists given an edge when it comes to the awarding of the commission.

In the past, the city has shied away from such a move when awarding public art commissions as it feels that could hurt local artists when they apply for commissions elsewhere.

But despite the huge budget jump, other councillors supported the revival of the project.

Coun. Luke Stack noted the large size of the work required and the fact it will be located in such a highly visible area. A great deal of traffic passes the H2O centre every day.

“It’s a beautiful location for substantial art,” he said.

Coun. Robert Hobson agreed, saying the currently blank wall “cries out for a mural.”

The mayor, who said she drives by it every day, said the wall is not as obtrusive as originally thought despite its size but she would like to see landscaping in front of it to soften its appearance.

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Conflicting testimony over cop’s behaviour Cop from A1 Brinnen, who had pulled his police SUV up alongside several parked cop cars, was watching the barflush play out when Nelson caught his eye and ear.

Nelson testified he didn’t say a word to the officers, but two witnesses who were his companions that night offered up a memory of him saying something to the effect of, “What are you police just standing around for?”

Brinnen, however, remembers disparaging remarks about “pigs” being lobbed in the officers general direction, and testified he was displeased with the outpouring.

As such, he testified, he offered some “non-verbal communication” to express his displeasure. He later noted that the middle finger salute he delivered, in that circumstance, meant “go home.”

Nelson, however, had a different interpretation.

Crown witness Kaitlynn Lang testified that he yelled back at the officer, “You finger me and I’ll finger you.”

At that point, Nelson either started jumping up and down continuing to flip-off the officer, or just raised his middle finger once and continued to walk away with his friends.

Regardless, the next thing all parties agree on is that Brinnen accelerated toward Nelson, prompting the young man to take off running.

He ran down Leon Avenue, in the direction of Water Street, where he turned left, with Brinnen hot on his heels.

In an alley by the old Liquid Zoo, the police officer caught up to Nelson, who doubled back so he could climb a fence.

Brinnen testified the sight of Nelson running past his truck made him think of opening the door, but that would have been inappropriate.

Instead, he let him pass, got out of his truck and pursued on foot.

With his truck door open, however, a complication arose.

Samson, his police hound, got loose and ran after Nelson.

Nelson claimed the

dog “nipped at his heels” although Brinnen said had Samson caught up with him, he would have done more than that.

With the dog commanded to stay behind, Nelson was able to scale the fence and Brinnen was close behind.

Nelson, who’s fivefoot-11 and 175 pounds, testified he made it to another fence when he realized it was time to give up, so he turned to Brinnen with his hands up.

“He took four steps toward me and punched me in the face,” Nelson testified, later showing pictures of a standard shiner.

Brinnen, he said, never arrested him. He just threw him to the ground, asked him if he was on drugs or drunk then, realizing he wasn’t, told him to get out of the area.

Brinnen, six-foot-six and 260 pounds, saw the moment they finally met differently.

Once he cleared the fence, Brinnen said he was just a couple steps behind when Nelson swung around with his hands up.

Given the pursuit,

Brinnen testified he believed it was a threatening stance so he aimed to punch Nelson in the body, to reduce his risk.

Nelson, Brinnen said, ducked and that caused him to hit his head. He then took Nelson down in a police hold, asked his name, assessed he wasn’t a risk and let him go.

No ID was requested, nor was he charged for earlier disturbing the peace.

Crown counsel pointed out that much of this testimony was problematic.

It was unlikely that Brinnen hit his head, while aiming for his body, but above all else he questioned his motivation.

Gold asked Brinnen why he even chased him, considering Nelson wasn’t going to be arrested and hadn’t really committed a crime.

Brinnen continually said it was his responsibility to suss out what he was dealing with, although Crown disagreed considering the alleged criminal behaviour didn’t meet the test of an actual disturb-

ance of the peace. Other officers there, he pointed out, hadn’t even batted an eye about Nelson’s behaviour.

In his defence, Neville McDougall said Brinnen was acting out his duties appropriately.

He pointed out that it was his responsibility to chase the young man down once he started running, using a drinking driver analogy.

If a suspected drinking driver were to get out of his car and stop driving, he should still be investigated. More importantly the force used was not excessive given the circumstances, said McDougall.

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hat means a long weekend for most British Columbians. And the temptation to take full advantage of the three-day respite from work will be great. Some may hightail it out of town. Some will get a start on their Christmas shopping.

Which is all well and good, provided we pause to honour and reflect on the sacrifices others made that allow us to enjoy such luxuries as long weekends, travel, bountiful stores.

The last of the World War I veterans are gone. The ranks of those who served in World War II dwindle every year. Soon they, and the stories they tell to enliven that conflict to current generations, will also be gone.

Their sacrifice and their selfless contribution when they were in the prime of their lives to allow us our current freedoms and quality of life are unquestioned.

When they went off to war, the enemy was apparent, unmistakable in its intent. Their job was to be liberators, to vanquish

that enemy, banish it forever as a threat. As we watch them shuffle by in ever-smaller ranks at Remembrance Day ceremonies, it’s hard not to swell with pride at the job they did so well.

The veterans of more contemporary conflicts, like the war in Afghanistan, don’t have it so easy. The war they were sent to fight is not universally seen as our war. The freedoms they fight to uphold are more removed from our daily lives. The decision to send them there is regarded by some as more politic-

al than just.

Sixty years on, their stories won’t be of heroic landings by tens of thousands on fortified beaches; they’ll be about patrols along dusty roads where death might lurk in a pothole around the next corner.

The success of their missions won’t be measured in our ability to vote in free elections but in better access to education and an improved standard of living in faraway lands. For that, their sacrifice is no less deserving of our honour and respect.

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o far on the civic election trail in Kelowna, the issue of business development has been front and centre.

While it is still unclear what a probusiness council will or can specifically do to create jobs, or what has been missed along that vein by the previous council, the only thing you can possibly grasp onto is the need to build more condos.

As one voter out there who called me last week said, why is there no mention from the pro-business candidates about what we do have—a large government services workforce and the evolution of UBC Okanagan, which along with Okanagan College, is in turn evolving Kelowna into be-

coming a university town. This caller said tourism and assembly line type jobs are typically low-paying, but people who work at Kelowna General Hospital or the UBCO campus, all make a good income that helps pump up our economy, Why don’t any of the candidates acknowledge that, or understand that is where our future is headed, she said to me. Many candidates have been talking about the failure of the CD-21 zone to pass, something mayoral candidate Walter Gray beat up on at the start of the campaign as a criticism of

the current mayor and council but now seems to be backing away from. The condo development gold mine has left Kelowna for the time being. .

During the real esBarry Gerding tate boom here in the middle of the past decade, we all had a chance to cash in, to feed out of the home buying trough as it were, spending money we did nothing to earn except to be fortunate enough to own a house that increased 100 per cent in value. Hardly a recipe for sustainable growth, but we were all blinded by the vision of easy money.

EDITOR’S NOTE

The first day I arrived in Kelowna in 2000, a young guy who was part of my moving crew told me he needed to get out of Kelowna because there was nothing for him here. I heard a parent say the same thing about his kid recently. So in those 11 years, nothing has really changed despite the real estate bonanza that went on here.

Why? Because real estate development should be a by-product of a booming economy, not the central source. Those of you who bought a house in a high-end market and seen the price drop dramatically since are learning that lesson the hard way.

What we lacked in 2000 we continue to lack today—outside of the local sawmills, where else can some-

one with a basic education work in an industrial-based job and make over $25 an hour? The message we send to our young people today is this: Go elsewhere and when you’ve created your own financial wealth, come back home and bring your wealth with you.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Entrepreneurs can flourish in this community, something our own columnist Joel Young and his group are aggressively trying to develop further.

But let us stop painting Kelowna’s economic future around the development of real estate, downtown or anywhere else. We need to be thinking far more outside the box than that.

Barry Gerding is the managing editor of the Kelowna Capital News.

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It’s getting harder to do the right thing To the editor: I don’t complain often, in fact, I’m a good little conformist: I compost, I separate and recycle, I use my yard waste bins (and sometimes all of my neighbours) for my leaves in the fall, I donate items that can still be used rather than throw them out. I am, in fact, the typical Kelownite who does the right thing when it comes to our city’s waste system.

At this time of the year

my family spends a weekend cleaning up around the house, and like most families we had a little extra garbage that could not be considered either a good donation, yard waste or recycling.

I had one bag left which I took to our landfill—$6 to dispose of one bag of garbage.

I then decided I needed to make that money back so I went to the bottle depot to get their clear

recycling bags. I separate my bottles and cans at home so I can save room at the sorting tables for our shopping cart recycling heroes as they do not have homes to do their sorting.

I was asked for twenty cents a bag this time.

I am beginning to realize why the ditches, Crown land and backyards of the province are starting to fill up with garbage, batteries, lumber, dead cars, appliances, etc.

It is getting quite expensive to do the right thing and take our refuse to the appropriate areas for disposal or recycling.

Like a good conformist I paid the $6 at the landfill, I paid the 20 cents a bag at the bottle depot, I took the refuse to the appropriate areas. I am proud of myself for doing this, just a little lighter in the wallet like the rest of the citizens who are doing the right thing.

All I can hope is that the user fees Kelowna waste services collect from the good citizens is used to do the right thing as well.

I hope it is used to clean up the illegally dumped refuse, not to cover yearly wage increases for municipal managers who implemented higher user fees.

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The study also found that since implementation of the registry there has been a reduction by 30 per cent of long gun homicides.

The Conservatives will not only scrap the registry but destroy the existing record. This is really reckless! Public Safety Minister Vic Towne told Parliament he did not want future governments using existing records to bring back the registry. So the conservatives will throw away $2 billion to make their ideological point?

This reminds me of the Diefenbaker decision to terminate the Avro Arrow. The program produced, at the time, the most advanced combat aircraft in the world—it too was costly. When the Americans pressured him to cancel it because it competed directly with their aeronautics industry, Diefenbaker’s disdain

Better parking solutions are needed around KGH To the editor: The front page article on Kelowna General Hospital parking (Capital News Nov. 8) was worth making note of.

It was significant that the City of Kelowna’s proposed solution to control street parking is more bylaw enforcement with a designated bylaw officer just for the KGH area— more fines, more restrictions, quicker towing of offending vehicles etc.

Anywhere else I need to go in Kelowna, be it to an office building, a shopping mall or plaza, a doctor’s office, clinic and most parks except City Park, parking is provided free. It is only at KGH that the citizens of Kelowna have to pay to park.

It is also of note that in all areas of Kelowna and most other cities in B.C. and other provinces, vehicles which are used by handicapped persons and display a Handi-

capped Parking Permit can park for free even where paid parking is in force. This is not the case at KGH where even patients with Handicapped Parking Permits still have to pay parking fees.

It seems to me that there may be a simple answer to this huge problem: 1. It should be very simple, with an in-house survey of hospital staff, to ascertain how many staff parking spaces KGH needs.

2. To provide their staff with a designated parking space for their use at no cost.

3. To allot all remaining parking spaces at KGH, both in the parking structures and at ground level, for patient and public parking at a reasonable hourly fee.

4. Patients would be able to redeem their parking tickets from the relevant departments in the

for anything Liberal made it easy to foolishly compile.

If we had kept it, we would today have a world-class Canadian military aeronautics program and would not be giving the Americans $65 billion to re-equip our Air Force.

That money, like the ship building contracts, would have stayed in Canada.

If in the future we have another gun related massacre and we feel moved to control gun ownership are we going to have to spend another $2 billion? Hunters and legal gun owners are not inconvenienced by having to registering their guns. Misguided libertarians complaining about big-brother government are strangely silent about the new electronic identity chip the Americans are demanding in our new Canadian passports Jon Peter Christoff, West Kelowna

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hospital at which they are being treated.

5. There must be free spaces for handicapped permit holders the same as everywhere else in most of the province.

Taking these actions would certainly reduce the parking pressure which exists on surrounding streets around KGH. As a last word, the parking spaces which exist at Strathcona Park should not be used by the Cancer Clinic or any other department at KGH. They should remain as parking spaces for park users, not Cancer Clinic staff.

The parking problems at KGH needs an urgent solution which is more patient friendly for the persons who have to use it. Not more towing and more signs and more restrictive practices.

Alan Purll, Kelowna

No glory in going to war To the editor: Re: Rememberance Day: My father was a young boy at the end of the First World War. He told me that a soldier returning from the war came up to him as he was playing on

the street and said to him, “Son, never go to war.”

This message needs to be remembered and shared with the sons and daughters of Canada.

Dave Carter, Castlegar

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It was Mulroney’s Justice Minister Kim Campbell, because of the horrific 1989 Montreal Massacre, where 14 students were gunned down, who introduced stricter gun regulations, passed by a unanimous parliament.

Allan Rock, responding to concerns from the police for public safety, took Campbell’s initiative a step further. The police claim the registry keeps gun owners accountable for their firearms; helps police take preventive action, enforce prohibition orders and trace guns found at the scene of a crime back to their owners.

The 2009 study by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians found in Canada 25 per cent of firearm related homicides were by rifles or shotguns, 58 per cent by handguns and 18 per cent by prohibited fire-

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Renowned wine critic a fan of B.C. wines Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER

One of the world’s top wine writers complains she can’t get many B.C. wines in Ontario because we drink them all here within the province.

Natalie MacLean made a brief stop in Kelowna Tuesday evening to talk about wines and her new book, which is based on several years visiting wine regions throughout the world on a quest for the world’s best bargain wines.

Called Unquenchable, it follows her bestselling book Red, White

and Drunk All Over.

B.C. wines, she says, are spectacular.

“They’re different from those of Niagara and other wine regions, with concentrated flavour, but flavour that holds something in reserve; a pentup energy. They’re not too heavy and they don’t clobber food,” she commented.

“Acidity is to wine what salt is to food,” she explains, and B.C. wines have good complexity of flavour, including balanced acidity.

“There’s a thirst for more B.C. wine across the country,” she adds.

With her experience of tasting her way through the world’s wine regions, she says there are big differences in regional wines, both in style, the soils and climate the grapes are grown in and cultural differences.

“Wine and food grow up together,” notes MacLean.

She also believes the characteristics of the winemaker can tell you something about their wines.

For instance, Wolf Blass of Australia is upfront, full-bodied with little acidity, like his wines, she comments with a grin.

In the book, she says

she intentionally focussed on the people behind the wineries and the wines, rather than presenting just an endless list of tasting notes, although those do appear at the end of each chapter, along with some recommended food pairings.

“It talks about the path followed from grape to glass; along with some armchair travel,” she says.

She admits you have to “kiss a lot of frogs to find the princess,” so she’s tasted a lot of wines to come up with the good value wines in her book and on her website, which boasts 100,000 unique visits a

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MacLean says she stumbled into the wine writing business, following a career in high-tech.

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Pregnant with her first child, she took a maternity leave and during that pitched her first wine column to a magazine.

That was the beginning, as she slowly began to write more and now earns her living writing about wines.

“It’s pairing wine and words,” she says.

Her website features of layers of information, from particular wines, to pairing food and wines, to ‘aps’ for doing that. It’s at www.nataliemaclean.com Her book is available at local bookstores and the

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Eighteen artists join forces to stage dynamic art show Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

Technically speaking, Jeffrey Wong no longer graces the halls of UBC Okanagan—or even really the annals of artistic masterpiece that flow from his cohort of classmates and friends.

This hasn’t stopped his colleagues from keeping him in the limelight, though, as the group that brought Chad Pratch (Kelowna Art Gallery: Dysfunctional Chairs), Cory Dixon (Discus(t): conversations on the male body) and Darren Sim (Celebration of International Blasphemy Day) stage an art show in the Mission this month.

“I was thinking of a title for the show and I just thought, well, Jeffrey’s almost like a legend at the university,” said Pratch.

“We do impersonations of him because he’s such an interesting character.

“It’s called The Jeffrey Wong Show because that’s what we used to say him: You’re like a show.”

One look at Wong’s intriguing print, originally shown at the Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, and one can see where there’s merit to staging a show in his name, character or not.

The artist may even make an appearance at the event via Skype from Shenzhen, China where he is currently living.

Yet the real focus of the show will be on the 17 other artists who will turn an empty house on Bonjou Road into a unique public show.

Pratch said he came up

with the idea after his parents decided to move.

Seeing the empty space, he thought it might be worth throwing the doors open to let friends and fellow art enthusiasts get a taste of what’s happening in the local arts scene where new and emerging artists don’t always have the funds to see

Pratch. The work included thus far shows a guy smoking and another one drinking.

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Thus far, Gerard Cadger has started work on an installation in the basement, tethering rags into a room-sized web and paintings from several other artists have begun to collect along the walls.

Pratch will have a painting focused on his dyslexia in the show, and Lance Lindblom will have some humorous paintings poking fun at the obsession with meaning in art.

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Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention, Premier Christy Clark announced that the B.C. government would provide $30 million in funding to create greater access to recreational facilities, with priority given to smaller communities.

Council agreed to submit its application for construction of a sports field at the future site of the recently proposed Rosewood Drive/Westlake Road Elementary School.

West Kelowna chief administrative officer Jason Johnson said that district staff focused on producing an application that had the greatest chance of being accepted.

He said that with the announcement of the construction of the Rosewood Drive/Westlake Road Elementary School, this ap-

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plication “looks to be in partnership with the provincial agenda.”

The project is currently in the 10-year Capital Plan with a recommended start of 2012. If the grant is awarded, it would save the Capital Reserve $400,000.

According to the July 2010 Parks and Recreation Master Plan, field construction will cost $830,000 and approximately $78,000 will be needed to fund design costs. The Community Recreation Program Guide indicates a municipality may apply for up to 80 per cent funding for one project; however, the guide strongly suggests that requests be limited to $400,000 or less.

The successful applicants will be announced March 31, 2012.

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SIR program budget won’t further impact taxpayers or orchardists Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER

Neither property taxpayers nor orchardists will be asked to pay more for the innovative Sterile Insect Release program next year.

The SIR board approved in principle the $3 million budget for 2011 at its last regular meeting of the year Wednesday.

Not only will the program continue to operate without a budget in-

crease, there was a surplus of $193,080 from the current year.

Board chairman Kevin Flynn congratulated staff on holding the line and noted this is the third year with no increase in the property tax requisition from the four regional districts that participate in the program as well as no increase in either the parcel tax rate for growers, or the land tax that is based on acreage.

The SIR program pro-

vides area-wide control of the devastating non-native codling moth, which infests apples, pears and crabapples in its larval stage, rendering them unfit for market.

The program involves the release of irradiated (sterile) moths in orchards to mate ineffectively with

wild moths and prevent the moth from continuing its life cycle.

The orchard parcel tax is $139.26.

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Board members also learned it may not cost as much as estimated to replace the aging gamma

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Heat teams set for CIS hardwood debuts Warren Henderson STAFF REPORTER

There aren’t too many illusions clouding Darren Semeniuk’s expectations heading into his team’s inaugural season of Canada West competition.

The head coach fully expects his UBC Okanagan Heat men’s basketball squad to undergo its share of growing pains in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Then again, Semeniuk isn’t about to set the bar too low, either.

“We have to keep things in perspective, this is a big jump to be competitive in this league and we need to be realistic,” said Semeniuk, in his seventh season at the helm.

“But if we come in with the right attitude, develop our young players, build our program the right way, then I think we can look at making the playoffs in two or three years. We want to compete, show well, get some wins in our first season, and go from there.”

The Heat tip off their first ever Canada West campaign Friday night in Lethbridge against the Pronghorns. On Saturday, UBCO will visit the University of Calgary Dinosaurs.

With no CIS experience on the roster, Semeniuk will be looking to a pair of seasoned BCCAA veterans for leadership, forward Steve Morrison

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VETERAN GUARD Yassine Ghomari (right) and the UBC Okanagan Heat play their Canada West opener Friday in Lethbridge.

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and guard Yassine Ghomari.

Coming up against established and more experienced Canada West programs week after week will prove to be a challenge for the Heat, but one Semeniuk expects his players to respond well to.

“I like the guys we have, we have guys who like to compete and don’t like to lose,” said Semeniuk. “It’s about learning how to feel comfort-

being played against CIS opposition. UBCO lost twice to the Calgary Dinos, 63-59 and 93-74.

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vs. CIS opponents—but Semeniuk saw considerable improvement each time and every time her team took to the floor.

UBCO’s best effort came in its last game against the UBC Thunderbirds, a 75-67 loss on Oct. 28.

As long as the trend continues, Semeniuk is confident UBCO will be competitive against its new Canada West opponents.

“We’re not focusing too much on outcomes right away,” she said. “We do play for them, but at end of the game, it’s what we did within the game that matters.

“It’s about making progressive steps, getting used to the level of play, the talent, the speed and playing bigger and better athletes than in the past.

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berta to tip off the team’s first season of CIS competition.

able going into opposing team’s gyms and playing the way we’re capable of.

If we don’t show signs of being too intimidated by these teams, then that’ll be a good start.”

So after years of preparation and anticipation for the CIS, Semeniuk said the players and coaching staff couldn’t be more excited to get started.

“The guys can’t wait,” he said. “The guys are going feel right way what it’s like to be in a bigger league, and they’ll want to show they belong.”

The Heat went 3-7 during the preseason, with just two of those games

Heat women Heather Semeniuk can’t really guess how many games her UBC Okanagan women’s basketball team will win in its inaugural season in the Canada West conference.

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“We’re going to go for everything we can get and see what happens,” said Semeniuk.

“We know there will be nights when we will be outclassed by other teams, but we’ll never be outworked. This is a hardworking team and it’s something you can count on with these girls.”

Like the UBCO men, the Heat women will make their official CIS debut on Friday night at the University of Lethbridge. A night later, it’s off to the University of Calgary to play the Dinos.

The Heat came up empty in preseason losing all seven games—six

For the first time in the school’s history, UBC Okanagan varsity athletics has a team ranked in the top 10 of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

The Heat men’s volleyball squad, coached by Greg Poitras, is 10th in the CIS weekly rankings which were released on Tuesday.

UBCO is off to a 3-1 start through two weeks of play in its inaugural season of competition in the Canada West conference.

The Heat swept two matches from the University of Winnipeg on Oct. 21 and at home, then split with the UBC Thunderbirds the following weekend.

This weekend, the Heat will visit the Manitoba Bisons (4-0) for matches on Friday and Saturday nights.

In women’s play, the Heat are 1-3 through the first two weeks of play after being swept last weekend by No. 1 UBC. The fifth-ranked Manitoba women are 3-1.

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best on the floor with no pressure on us. It’s a good position to be in.”

Among the leaders on this year’s squad is fifthyear guard Melissa Irish who is questionable for the start of the season due to an injury.

Experience will also come from fourth-year players Roz Huber, Madison Kaneda and Audrey Siebert-Timmer, and third years Ashley Briker and Kiersten Shulhan.

A pair of college transfers, Krystal Schouten (Qwest) and Angela White (Langara), are also expected to log quality minutes.

One rookie, guard Emily Kanester from Vernon, has cracked the starting lineup.

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Abi Raye and Natalie Sourisseau experienced the taste of gold.

The two Kelowna products helped the UBC Thunderbirds to their 13th CIS field hockey championship on Sunday in Calgary with a 3-1 win over the host University of Calgary Dinos.

It was the T’Birds first national title since 2009.

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Bears battle Notre Dame in playoff opener The Mt. Boucherie Bears will be indoors Friday afternoon for the opening round of the B.C. high school football playoffs.

At 2:30 p.m. at B.C. Place, the Bears—the No. 2 Okanagan seed—will take on the Notre Dame Jugglers.

The winner will advance to the quarterfinal round the weekend of Nov. 18 and 19.

The Jugglers went 4-4 overall this season, including 3-2 in the Western Conference.

“Notre Dame has some excellent athletes and they play in a tough conference,” said Bears coach Mike Godwin. “They don’t run any exotic schemes, but they are more balanced offensively this season than they have been in the past.” r Boucherie went 3-3 this season to finish third in the Okanagan AAA Conference.

Godwin said his team’s preparation for the big game has been hindered somewhat by the rlack of daylight at practise time.

“We don’t have a lighted practice field like the majority of teams we might face in the playoffs, so we will have to make the most of what day light we have, and watch a lot of film.”

Still, the Bears head into the playoffs on a high after bouncing the first place Kelowna

Owls 42-14 last Friday night in the final game of the regular season.

Jarrett Young caught a pair of touchdown passes from Joe Court, while Ronnie De Guevara scored two majors along the ground. On defense, Peter Briker had an interception in the Bears end zone which he returned for 16 yards. Brenden Larocque had four tackles, a sack and a forced fumble.

For the Owls, Rob Marinov scooped up a fumble on a kickoff and ran it in from 30 yards for his first ever TD. Defensively, Cody Lees had 8 tackles and a sack.

“KSS came out flat and Boucherie was fired up and played very well,” said Owls coach Roy Anderson. “Hopefully both teams can use the experience to get ready for the playoffs.”

Despite the loss, KSS (5-1) still clinched top spot and will a bye to the quarterfinals Nov. 19 when they’ll play the winner of W.J. Mouat and Terry Fox. In the other game Friday, Salmon Arm (42) defeated the Rutland Voodoos (0-6) 34-14.

posting the first unbeaten season by a football team in the school’s history.

The Bears, who went 6-0 in Okanagan league play and 9-0 overall, will host a junior AAA varsity quarterfinal game on the weekend of Nov. 18 and 19 against the winner of Van College and Centennial.

Boucherie capped an undefeated regular season with a 28-0 victory last week over the second place Kelowna Owls.

Keagan Hughes had a big day rushing with 16 carries for 111 yards to go over 1,000 for the season. Hunter Lindstrom for 66 yards and two touchdowns. QB Josiah Joseph and Josh Livingston also scored majors. On defense, Cole Bertram had nine tackles and a sack, while Hughes had 12 tackles and a sack.

“This team worked so hard all season, they really deserve this,” said Bears coach Chris Rock. “It’s been a real privilege to coach them and Im looking forward to seeing what this team can do in playoffs.”

The KSS Owls open the playoffs on Thursday as they travel to Burnaby to take on New Westminster in the first round matchup.

The winner will face Terry Fox in the quarterfinals.

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Warren Henderson STAFF REPORTER

Filling Taylor Loftfler’s shoes was no enviable task.

But taking over as the Kelowna Owls quarterback from B.C. high school football’s 2010 player of the year was a challenge Sam Davies didn’t shy away from either.

Davies’ efforts during the 2011 season were rewarded this week as he was named the Okanagan AAA Conference offensive MVP. “Everybody knows I’m no Taylor Loffler, but to step into that spot and help the team win was a

Sam Davies good for me,” said Davies.

“The award is nice, it’s nice to get that recognition from other people and show that the work has all paid off.”

After a tough 0-4 start for KSS in exhibition play, the 5-foot-9, 155-pound Davies led the Owls to a 5-1 regular season mark

and a first-place finish in the Okanagan conference.

The Kelowna senior was effective when throwing the ball, passing for 1,061 yards and seven touchdowns.

But Davies was regarded around the league just as much for his scrambling abilities as he rushed for 740 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Davies credits the big guys in front of him both for his own and the team’s success.

“I have nothing but good things to say about our O-line, those guys all deserve a piece of this pie,” he added. “On pretty much every play that worked for us, those guys

were a big reason.”

Davies and the Owls will host a quarterfinal playoff game on the weekend of Nov. 19 against the winner of this weekend’s first round matchup between W.J. Mouat and Terry Fox Secondary.

Meanwhile, six of Davies’ KSS teammates joined him on the Okanagan conference allstar team: Receiver Eli Haynes, offensive linemen Brett Gordon and Wes Fuhrmann, defenisve linemen Cole Mosychuk and Cody Lees, and defensive back Brooke Blackmore.

The Mt. Boucherie Bears placed five players on the all-star team: quarterback Joe Court, re-

ceiver Jarrett Young, linebackers Josh Fender and Curtis Urlacher, and defensive back Cam Spence.

Four Rutland Voodoos were named: running back Sam Ferguson (1,058 yards), offensive lineman Michele Vecchio, defensive lineman Joshua Strother, and linebacker Christian Hopper.

Meanwhile, the Okanagan Mission Huskies placed five players on the Okanagan AA Conference all-star team: running back Sam Overton, receiver Trevor Swaisland, offensive linemen Geoff Ansell and Adam Mitton, and defensive back Sam Kwasnycia.

Rookie Texan quickly adapts to WHL Warren Henderson STAFF REPORTER

The Okanagan is almost half a continent away from Texas, but not such a big stretch for Colten Martin.

The American-born defenceman has had plenty of practise at adapting to unfamiliar surroundings, first leaving home to play hockey at the tender age of 13.

After stops in Michigan, Illinois, and Nebraska along the way, Martin has been quick to find his fcomfort zone in his rookie season with the Westtern Hockey League’s Kelowna Rockets.

“I’ve had to grow up pretty fast, leaving my family behind has been tough, but it’s helped me

get accustomed to living in other places,” said Martin, 17, who grew up in Arlington, Texas. “(Kelowna) has been the easiest place so far. I feel closer to this team than any team I’ve been on. My billets are great and my coaches are great mentors for me. It’s been really good.”

The Rockets chose Martin in the third round, 53rd overall in the 2009 WHL bantam draft.

After playing last season in Nebraska with the U.S. Hockey League’s Lincoln Stars, Martin earned a spot on the Rockets opening night roster thanks to an impressive training camp with the WHL team.

Now, a quarter of the way into the 201112 WHL campaign, all

Colten Marten aspects of Martin’s game are showing signs of improvement. And with a couple of key injuries to the team’s defensive corps, 165-pounder has been called upon to log considerably more ice time than most rookie rearguards.

“I find that he’s a great skater, he can recover quickly when he makes a

mistake, and he’s getting better at using his stick,” said Rockets assistant coach Dan Lambert. “For a smaller guy, he sure comes out of battles with the puck a lot of the time.

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While Texas clearly isn’t renowned as a hotbed of hockey, Martin said sport’s image is growing in the Lone Star State.

The NHL’s Dallas Stars have given the game added exposure there, while a pair of Martin’s Texan-born friends were NHL draft picks this season.

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forward Stefan Noesen went 21st overall to Ottawa, while Seattle’s Colin Jacobs was a fourth-round selection of the Buffalo Sabres.

Not surprisingly, Martin would like to follow in their footsteps. “For sure, I’m trying to get my game up to a level where someone will notice me,” said Martin, who is eligible for the 2012 draft. “I thought coming to Kelowna would be my best chance, now it’s up to me to show what I can do.”

ROCKET SHOTS…

The Rockets will host the Edmonton Oil Kings Friday. Face off at Prospera Place is 7:30 p.m.…

Kelowna will visit the Vancouver Giants Saturday.

Rider Nation and all football fans in the Okanagan will have a chance later this month to meet one of the greatest running backs ever to play in the CFL. Hall-of-Famer George Reed will be the guest speaker at the Central Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame induction gala Nov. 24 in Kelowna.

Reed starred for 13 years in a Saskatchewan Roughrider jersey, setting records in rushing (16,116), rushing touchdowns (134) and touchdowns (137).

He was the CFL’s Outstanding Player in 1965 and led the Riders to a Grey Cup win in 1966.

Reed was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 1979.

His number 34 jersey is one of just eight retired by the Roughriders.

Reed will be on hand for the installment of this year’s inductees into the hall.

These are the 2011 inductees.

lenge soccer team. He won the Calgary Winter Olympics Community Service Award in 1988 and the B.C. Soccer Association Merit Award in 1994. He became a national referee and conducted clinics to hundreds of youngsters in the Okanagan.

LAWRENCE NAGY, BUILDER

JOAN CAMPBELL, PIONEER

A player at Immaculata and University of Alberta, Nagy later coached the Okanagan Sun to five B.C. and two national junior football titles.

He is a 3-time B.C. Junior Football League coach-of-the-year and was the top amateur coach for all sports in B.C. in 1989.

ERIC TASKER, BUILDER

Tasker played, coached, managed, refereed and was a co-founder of the Okanagan Chal-

DAN BERTOIA, ATHLETE

Bertoia excelled in the 1500 and 800 metre runs winning provincial, Western Canadian and national titles. On the international scene, Dan competed for Canada at the Pan-American games winning a bronze medal.

AUNDREA BERTOIA, ATHLETE

Tough to beat on ther track in the 1500 metres, Bertoia was even better in the 3000. A B.C. high school champ, and a gold, silver and bronze winner at the Western Canadian Juvenile championships, she added a bronze medal at the 1990 Junior Olympic Athletic Championships in Japan.

A golf club champion in Penticton and later here in Kelowna, Campbell won 10 interior titles and was a member of the BC team that captured the Canadian Senior Women’s title in 1972. She is the standard that young female golfers of today try to emulate.

Each ticket for the COSFH induction breakfast carries with it a tax receipt, and can be purchased through the Kelowna Museum.

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SPORTS W BC/KIJHL

Banged up Warriors on five-game slide The undermanned Westside Warriors saw their BCHL losing streak hit five games with a 2-1 loss to the hometown Vernon Vipers on Tuesday night.

With Richard Vanderhoek, Max French, Travis Blanleil, Connor Dempsey and Seb Lloyd all out with injury and Shawn Hochhausen serving a two-game suspension, Westside played solid defensive hockey but struggled to find offence.

The Warriors lone marker came with their

net empty and just 53 seconds remaining when Tyler Krause scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season. “It’s always tough to play without some of those leaders on your team,� said Warriors forward Garrett Skrbich. “But I think we did a nice job. The younger guys really stepped up and we played a pretty good game.�

The Warriors outshot Vernon 30-26 in the game, including 15-5 in the final period. Steve Racine was

tagged with the loss, while Kirby Halcrow earned the second star in his winning performance.

Westside returns to action on Friday night in Salmon Arm before hosting Penticton on Saturday.

KELOWNA CHIEFS

The Kelowna Chiefs will try go to work on a new KIJHL winning streak when they host Osoyoos Friday at Rutland Arena. Face off is 7 p.m.

Then on Saturday, Kelowna will host Summer-

land.

The Chiefs saw a fourgame win streak end Tuesday night in a 3-1 loss to the Penticton Lakers.

Newly acquired Scott Renner scored the lone goal for Kelowna. Renner, 19, joined the Chiefs this week after spending 17 games with the BCHL’s Victoria Grizzlies.

One other player move this week saw the Chiefs send 18-year-old defenceman Eric Spring to the Nelson Leafs.

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THE DR. KNOX field hockey team celebrates the Okanagan Valley junior girls title.

Knox girls field hockey title The Dr. Knox Falcons are celebrating the school’s first Okanagan Valley junior girls field hockey title since 1983.

Knox defeated Pen High on penalty strokes in the final on Halloween on the Mission turf.

Dr. Knox scored in the fifth minute with a goal from Kari Miedema.

Pen High responded with two goals of their own before the half to take a 2-1 lead.

Pen High shooters to secure the win for Knox.

Other team members are Annie Brown, Jessica Collins, Claire DeWitt, Jessie Itterman, Morgan Evans, Sabrina Fowlow, Grace Karvonen, Tayanna Linden, Kelsey McLellan, Taylor Nicholls, Kiana Pak, Letesha Mapstone, and Ellishia Simon-Jantz.

The head coach is Brian DeMug, and the assistant coach is Katie Tittler.

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In the semifinal on Saturday against Guelph, Sourisseau scored the insurance goal in a 2-0 win.

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The Canadians lost the bronze medal game to Chile to finish in fourth place.

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SPORTS

Midget Rockets win own tourney The Kelowna Fripp Warehousing Rockets made the most of home ice advantage by taking top spot at their own midget tier 1 tournament.

The Rockets went undefeated at the eight-team event over the weekend, securing the title Sunday with a 9-2 thrashing of Prince George in the final game at Memorial Arena.

Kelowna opened the tournament Friday with a 3-2 victory over North Shore, then followed up Saturday with a 5-2 win over Seafair.

The Rockets then beat Notre Dame Argos 8-1 on Saturday afternoon to finish pool play at 3-0.

In the semifinal Sunday morning, Kelowna got past Kamloops 1-0.

This weekend, the Rockets return to Okanagan Mainline action as they take on Pursuit of Excellence on Saturday, 12:45 p.m. at Prospera Place.

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The Kelowna midget A girls Rockets split a pair of games in Okanagan Mainline action last weekend.

In Kamloops on Saturday, the Rockets drubbed the bantam tier 1 Bla-

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GEORGE ELLIOT’S Shane Hayes gets the spike past Mt. Boucherie’s Tomas

Lammers in an opening day match at the Coyotes Classic boys volleyball tournament. MEI from Abbotsford won the tournament last weekend in Winfield, the KSS Owls placed third, Mt. Boucherie was fourth, the host Coyotes ended up in seventh place, and OKM placed eighth.

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KELOWNA FRIPP Warehousing Rockets forward Ryan Lawson tries to shake

the check of a Notre Dame player during the midget tier 1 tournament Saturday at Memorial Arena. zers team 9-0. Jade Banman, Cassie Strymecki and Alana Attew scored twice each, with singles from Naomi Yamaoka, Megan Bradford and

Mikaela Clarkson. Julie Humphries was in net for the win.

On Sunday at CNC, the Rockets fell 3-2 to Salmon Arm.

Tina Stuart and Megan Bradford scored for Kelowna.

The two teams will meet again this Sunday in Salmon Arm.

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The 5-foot-7 forward for the Thompson Okanagan Rockets has nine goals and six assists in six games this season, pacing her teammates to a 4-1-1 start.

“This is Jesse’s first year in the league and she is proving to be a dominant player,” said Rockets coach Mark Elder. “She is a true leader both on and off the ice.”

Thompson Okanagan returns to league action when they take one the Vancouver Fusion Nov. 19 in Langley.

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NEWS W POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Overcoming negative vibes of returning to the classroom

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Every person would know by the age of 10 what career they wanted and would complete the right courses in high school.

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Jane Muskens

In a perfect world, everyone would graduate from high school.

But we don’t live in that world and even today many teenagers drop out of school.

When I was a high school student in the mid-

1970s there were many students who seemed to disappear after Grade 10.

Where they ended up, I don’t know. I remember one girl in particular.

Louise was the smartest kid from kindergarten. She excelled in just

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about everything including, sports and music.

Every year she won all the academic awards.

Teachers loved her.

But Louise had a turbulent family life and ran away from home a lot.

She returned a few times and I think she finally dropped out in Grade 11.

Other people that I know who dropped out had issues with school; they felt they were wasting their time.

These were rebellious teenagers trying to find their place during a decade when the optimism for change, which had characterized the late 1960s, was starting to wane.

Inflation was rampant, there was the energy crisis, Pierre Trudeau was our prime minister and everyone complained about disco music (but they all danced to it).

There is a good chance that some of these people who dropped out —including Louise— later found themselves wanting to go back to

school. For people who drop out of high school, making that initial step to go back to school can be frightening.

There are many adults who had negative experiences at school. Going back can bring back a whole host of bad memories. Often, this can include the failure to learn, which made them feel stupid.

I can’t count the number of times I have met adults who feel they are incapable of going back to school yet they are very intelligent successful individuals.

They not only have good jobs but also are very successful in other parts of their lives, such as parenting (which can be one of the hardest challenges in life).

Through time they have lost their self-confidence to be successful in school, yet they have excelled in other areas.

Other experiences may also have turned them off school. When they were teenagers they might have expected

more and tolerated less.

They were anxious to get on with their life, move away from their parents, and teachers and learning just didn’t fit at the time.

Their perception of the classroom and learning may not be positive, yet if they were to sit with a group of adults in a college learning environment I think they would be quite surprised by how comfortable they would feel.

Chances are Louise, and many of those people I know who dropped out, never did return to school.

Studies have shown that what stops most adults from going back to school is more psychological than it is financial.

Many are scared to make that first step.

If you see yourself in this column take a minute and ask yourself what is it about education and learning that really intimidates you.

Jane Muskens is the registrar at Okanagan College. jmuskens@okanagan.bc.ca

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ENTERTAINMENT W BONNIE STE-CROIX

Road trip produces an amalgam of Canadian music Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

Moving a five-yearold child from Vancouver to Halifax could be tumultuous.

When Bonnie SteCroix took her crack at it last summer, though, she took the road less travelled, creating her own book of musical memories to commemorate the experience.

“There were definitely moments there when I thought I was insane,” said Ste-Croix in interview from Calgary as she tours the resulting album, her fourth.

Given the timing, one might expect this collection of songs to be about uprooting oneself or the health of a family (her mother took ill providing impetus for the move). Even the decision to uproot to an East Coast home she was not raised in might form an obvious backdrop, but Canadian Girl is more a celebration of the country than concern over her own space in the world.

Pulling together a road map of interesting Canadian female voices, SteCroix’s Canadian Girl gives music fans in every province and territory an

opportunity to see just how cohesive the Canadian sound can be—how it all fits together despite the many differences.

“It’s kind of like all of Canada is my hometown, so I really wanted something embedded in my musical history that represented that concept,” said Ste-Croix.

Thus, Canadian Girl traces the musician and her family across the country as they move from B.C. to Alberta, Manitoba to Ontario.

Before taking off, SteCroix wrote and demoed songs for each province and territory, and then

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MUSICIAN Bonnie Ste-Croix has pulled together some of the best voices in Canada

for the making of her latest album Canadian Girl which features a song from each province and territory.

booked artists from each place to lend their talents to the recording she would do on the road. Each person selected celebrates a portion of her music, she says, though working with the girl’s choir in Nunavut really stood out.

The title track, Canadian Girl, includes Natalie MacMaster on fiddle and young vocalist Laura Smith building a song so clearly from Halifax one can almost feel the room full of university students’ eyes watching the artists as it plays.

MacMaster was the crowning achievement of the project, but Smith too proved critical. She had heard her for the first time at a Vancouver folk festival, her voice dancing across the fields, and knew she would hold her own, even with MacMaster.

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Service choreographed, presentation beautiful, food divine

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’ll wrap my visit to San Sebastian, Spain, with the highlight, and reason, of the trip— dinner at ARZAK Restaurant.

Food aficionados will be well aware of ARZAK, as it is renowned for utilizing molecular gastronomy and techniques making their cuisine one of the most innovative in the world.

With our reservation made months in advance, I could hardly contain my excitement about dining in this revolutionary restaurant. After mentioning our reservation to Liere and Carmen (our mother and daughter hosts at the Pension Belles Artes) they simply bubbled over— they happened to be going there that evening and would tell the owner/chef that we were coming!

Embarrassed, I

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Remarkably, they did.

We were greeted at the door by chef/co-owner Elena Arzak. Daughter and partner of the esteemed chef Juan Mari Arzak, she is the fourth generation of chefs in the Arzak family and rated the number two female chef in the world! (I’m not worthy!)

The Arzak family his-

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CROMLECH Y CEBOLLA con Té y Café—Cromlech and onion with tea and coffee.

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CHEF ELENA ARZAK and her father Juan Mari Arzak at their fourth generation restaurant in San Sebastian, Spain, ARZAK.

tory runs deep here. The house where the restaurant itself resides was built

by Elena’s grandparents in 1897. We were treated to a private kitchen tour that included a peek into their amazing research lab (looking more like a science lab) with amazing dehydrating machines,

Da Vinci-esque sketchbooks (and a Thermomix!). Then on to the international spice room with a staggering number of boxes labeled by spice and country.

The finale was a crushing tour of their 100,000 bottle wine cellar containing some bottles

worth a fortune (alas only one Canadian bottle—an icewine from Quebec).

After being seated in the cool and calming ambiance of the main dining room, Elena again joined us to help choose our tasting menu—the menu de degustación: seven courses of sublimity.

She called over their head sommelier, Mariano Rodríguez, who is also Spain’s top sommelier, and he agreed to pair each course (I’m not worthy!).

Humming with anticipation, the courses begin to arrive. Oh my, on whimsical multi-level stands, plates with flashing lights, or sometimes dramatically created before our eyes—we had never seen or tasted anything like it.

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ADULT SHAR-PEI/GERMAN SHEPHERD X SPAYED FEMALE

Kayo is a sweet girl who will need time to warm up to you. She enjoys snuggling on her big fluffy bed and going for walks. She has food allergies and can only eat hypo-allergenic food.

She enjoys her toys and spending as much time as possible with people.

She will need to go to an ADULT ONLY home and does get along with cats.

Please come & visit with her.

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George is the biggest, must huggable cat ever! He would like nothing more than to find his ‘forever home’ and become a loving part of your family. He loves attention, has a great personality and a real zest for life. He gets along great with other felines and would love to have you come down to see him .

Owner surrender

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We have some exciting changes for 2011 including a NEW larger venue, VIP Cocktail Party and our Special Guest Host for the evening, Global BC News Anchor, Chris Gailus!

VIP Cocktail Reception at 5 pm Entertainment by Anna Jacyszyn

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Dinner to be served at 7 pm

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Four-course meal paired with local Okanagan wines Live Entertainment by Sista-B and the Boyz featuring Barbara Samuel Silent and Live Auctions Fashion show featuring our famous

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ADULT AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG/BLUE HEELER X SPAYED FEMALE

Lola is a very sweet and highly intelligent dog. She would love to find a home with an active buddy that will provide her with a variety of jobs to keep that active mind of hers busy, Her breeds make her a good candidate for a home where she can use her skills and she would do best with either adults or older children that will not run from her. Please ask the staff for an introduction.

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Tango is a really wonderful dog who was unfortunately kept as an outside dog, which want not an ideal situation for him. He thrives on human interaction and needs lots of stimulation. He is smart and will learn to adapt very quickly. Tango loves to play so the learning process can be a fun one. He would be a good match for a family with high energy levels and lots of time to devote to making him the best dog he can be.

Hey everybody, my name is Searge and I am a real love bug who enjoys the company of people. I am a gentleman, litter trained and play well with others.

My owners left me behind to fend for myself (not very nice, kind of sad... lucky for me a nice neighbour noticed and brought me to the shelter). I sure am grateful but would love my own home. Please come and spend some time with me.

My owner couldn’t care for me any longer that is why I am at the shelter.

I have this name because I love to ‘flip’ over on my side for affection and play. I am a young lady who plays well with other cats and would love to find a home where I can be loved and appreciated. I do need a bit of ‘special care’ at the moment (a pill a day to keep the swelling down on my sore foot ). Other than that I’m good to go!

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DAYS of CARING Thank You

CONTRIBUTED

LEONARDO DICAPRIO stars in director Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar.

Eastwood brings us J. Edgar

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t 81-years-old, Clint Eastwood is one of the most prolific filmmakers in the world, averaging at least one film per year. Not only does he direct, but he also writes, produces and composes the music for most of his films.

In the case of his latest, J. Edgar, he did not write it, but does share producing credit with Hollywood heavyweights Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

The impressive cast is lead by Leonardo DiCaprio and includes Naomi Watts, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney and Judi Dench.

The movie explores the public and private life of J. Edgar Hoover, the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years. He was one of the most powerful, controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century but behind closed doors he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

From a consistent filmmaker who produces films that mostly gets favourable reviews from critics to one who is seemingly reviled by them.

Like Eastwood, Adam Sandler makes at least one or two films per year, serving as star, producer and even doing some writing. However, critics are so predisposed to hating his movies, they will give negative reviews based upon the previews alone. Jack and Jill is no different and the concept of Sandler playing his own identical twin sister adds even more fuel to the fire. He plays a man successful both as a family man and as an advertis-

MOVIE GUY

Rick Davis ing executive who dreads one event each year—the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister.

Although I think this is one of the weakest concepts for a Sandler vehicle, unlike critics I will not prejudice it based upon previews alone as I have liked most of his movies.

And his fellow actors also seem to as it has always surprised me the calibre of actors that appear in his movies includ-

ing Jack Nicholson, Nicole Kidman and, in Jack and Jill, Al Pacino starring as himself.

Fans of Greek mythology and/or the movie 300 will want to check out Immortals. It is the story of Theseus, a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless titan King Hyperion who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy both humanity and the gods.

Hyperion is played by Mickey Rourke and Zeus is played by Luke Evans, who played Apollo in last year’s remake of Clash of the Titans.

Immortals is from the producers of 300 and is directed by Tarsem Singh, a music video and com-

to BMO employees for volunteering for three days to help Kelowna Community Resources create a fresh new community meeting space.

mercial director best known for his first feature film, The Cell.

With tomorrow being Remembrance Day, the Paramount will being showing a special presentation of Billy Bishop Goes to War, a feature film inspired by the life of the legendary WW I flying ace from Owen Sound.

Canadian Eric Peterson and award-winning writer-composer John Gray reprise their iconic two-man stage play that has captivated audiences for over three decades. It will be showing at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Rick Davis is the manager of the Capitol Theatre in West Kelowna. capitol_wes@ landmarkcinemas.ca

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ENTERTAINMENT W CD REVIEWS

Coldplay rides high on star quality while producing singles COLDPLAY: MYLO XYLOTO (PARLOPHONE/

EMI)

This is Coldplay’s fifth studio album and, true to

Canada’s best sellers Michael Neill’s list of best selling books are compiled from sales at independent bookstores across Canada.

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1 The Next Always N Roberts $18.50 2 I Am Half-Sick of Shadows A Bradley $29.95 3 Civilization: The West and the Rest N Ferguson $40.50 4 Zero Day D Baldacci $29.99 5 The Prague Cemetery Umberto Eco & Dixon $31.95 6 Lover Unleashed J.R. Ward $8.99 7 Home for Christmas Jan Brett $21 8 Mastiff: A Tortall Legend Book Three T Pierce $20.99 9 Crossed Ally Condie $21 10 The Brotherband Chronicles: The Outcasts - Book 1 John Flanagan $22 11 Blue Nights Joan Didion $27 12 The Vampire Diaries: Hunters L.J. Smith $19.99 13 The Tiger’s Wife Tea Obreht $17 14 The Guardiane S Kenyon $9.99 15 Out of Oz: Final Vol. Wicked Years G Maguire $29.99

form, the awkwardly titled Mylo Xyloto (from here on MX) has made its debut as the top selling album in Canada just like their previous three discs (the first album titled Parachutes topped out at No. 19 back in 2001).

In fact MX is also the numero uno selling album in the USA, the UK and most of the other countries that report this type of information, making Coldplay an international juggernaut worthy of even closer inspection.

To My Ears Coldplay have always been a better singles band than an album making band where their hits are the best

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songs on their records. unlike, say, The Beatles or Led Zeppelin Bruce whose enMitchell tire albums usually hold up to close scrutiny. As such I would look for Coldplay’s best album to be released around this time next year to cash in on the Christmas rush as a Greatest Hits collection that will bear up to repeated listenings from start to finish.

Until then MX is Coldplay’s least impressive album to date, although it is a solid to so-so album and you cannot deny the garish sales figures.

Their big arena rock hit (I can already im-

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agine the sea of Bic lighters) Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall was released several weeks before the full length album so that the new arena orchestral ballad Paradise has already started its climb near the top of the pops.

You can hear hit potential with Princess Of China that features a perfunctory guest spot by Rihanna, while the rest of MX is somewhat underwhelming and not too adventurous.

The spare, metronomic Up In Flames doesn’t really ignite, while the lone hard rocker Major Minus features a mild Rolling Stones-like swagger along with U2-like arena dynamics and loud/ quiet prog-rock leanings that might work better in a stadium setting.

Until then, I eagerly await the Best Of anthology next year with one or two new singles that will most likely end up being the only Coldplay album I own so I can eject the filler.

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SUSAN BOYLE: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, SPECIAL

EDITION CD & DVD (SONY)

This is the third year in a row that Susan Boyle has released an album in November and this new studio album makes its mark on the scene 364 days after her hybrid Yuletide seasonal and pop cover album, The Gift.

This time out Boyle has recorded an album of eclectic covers without any Christmas songs and I wonder if this will cut into her sales which we won’t know until next week as this disc only hit the shelves yesterday.

There is a more relaxed, introspective and mellow groove to Someone To Watch Over Me, a title that probably reflects Boyle’s mental health issues since the death of her mother and the smothering effects of stardom.

The songs here are more stately with less billowing production, although the lead off song, You Have To Be There (as in God), swells from pizzicato strings to a fullon choir and arena pop spirituality.

Boyle writes notes to all 10 songs here and the her message for this new disc is she wanted “a posi-

It has been three years between albums for the normally very prolific Ryan Adams. This is his 13th solo album after four albums with the legendary alt-country band Whiskeytown but his long See Mitchell B6

Michelle Wright

Sylvia Browne

Friday, November 25, 8 pm The whole family is invited to join the fabulous Deb Stone Band for an evening of dancing to country and rock classics.

Sunday, December 4, 7:30 pm One of Canada’s most widely recognized and awarded family country singers, performing her annual I’m Dreaming of a Wright Christmas show, sure to be enjoyed by the whole family.

Monday, March 26, 7 pm World renowned spiritual teacher and psychic, Sylvia Browne returns to Kelowna after selling out at the Kelowna Community Theatre in August of 2010.

Get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

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tive album that looked to the future.” That is why she chose transcendental songs like Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now, Paulo Nutini’s Autumn Leaves and Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence.

To illustrate Boyle’s frustration at the world’s miseries she offers a hushed and breathy version of Tears For Fears’ ’80s gem Mad World, while she prays for soldiers overseas on Return.

Her take of Unchained Melody builds nicely without bombast while the Gershwin classic provides the title song to this worthy offering.

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Entire Anonymous cast ‘brilliant’ ANONYMOUS

The age old debate as to whether William Shakespeare ever wrote a word, let alone 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a number of poems, still rages on and many are of the opinion that, while Shakespeare could read, he was totally unable to write so much as a word.

Many are also of the opinion that it was his contemporary, Francis Bacon, who wrote the works that William Shakespeare passed off as his own. In fact, over 20,000 works have been written suggesting that Shakespeare was not the brilliant playwright that the world has come to believe. Not a manuscript has ever been found that was actually written by Shakespeare himself, adding to the suspicion that he was never the writer.

By best guess, the first Shakespearian play performed was Henry II, part I in 1592, with the last being Henry VIII in 1612/13.

Anonymous looks at another possibility, that

BEHIND THE SCREEN

Susan Steen it was Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, through Benjamin Johnson, a playwright himself, who penned the plays, the poems and the sonnets.

Johnson himself became the first poet Laureate.

This was at a time when plays were regarded as sinful by many and this film portrays de Vere as unhinged and irresponsible for devoting his life to words rather than taking care of the family estates and his family who were ashamed and embarrassed by his addiction to writing.

The de Vere family were nobles for several centuries, from 1114 until the death of the last Earl in 1703, when the title of Earl of Oxford became dormant and not used again.

Beginning with a nar-

ration by Derek Jacobi, who some may remember as Brother Cadfael on the British TV series, and a Shakespearian actor himself, we come to know the treachery, cunning and conniving of the English Court in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. This was the Court of Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (and we all know how that ended).

The Earl of Oxford, played by Rhys Ifans who appeared in Notting Hill and Hannibal Rising, was superb. The wonderful Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I was brilliant. Interestingly, Joely Richardson, who played the young Queen Elizabeth I is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson and the sister of Natasha Richardson who died on a ski holiday in Canada in 2009.

The entire cast was brilliant, and the movie one of the longest cast lists I’ve seen in a while.

The scenery, costumes and sets will win Oscars and you’ll be sur-

prised to learn that, while I’m a tad long in the tooth, I wasn’t in London in the late 1500s, but it sure looked real to me. I am always amazed at how we, the movie watchers, can be taken quite away from the now and transported to another time and place by the magic that is movie making.

This is a great movie if for nothing else but the imagery. It does jump around a bit and it takes a while to get used to the various actors playing different times in their character’s lives, but “the play’s the thing” and “alls well that ends well.”

Best line: “It’s a one trick pony, he’ll never be able to do it again.” (Said after the first play was performed.)

Four reels—enjoy this for the history, the scenes, the acting and a glimpse into the Royal Court of centuries past.

Susan Steen is a local non-profit executive and movie buff. susansteen1234@shaw.ca

Ring bells for Salvation Army Dawn Wilkinson CONTRIBUTOR

Part of Christmas for me is hearing bells ring at Salvation Army kettles.

I exchange smiles with these volunteers who encourage us to be generous during the holiday season.

Money is quietly slipped into the opening.

Have you ever wondered how this tradition began? “Captain Joseph McFee started the campaign to feed San Francisco’s poor at Christmas,” explains Suzie Docherty, volunteer coordinator for The Salvation Army.

“In 1981, he hung a large cooking pot from a tripod and placed a sign above it that read: ‘Keep the pot boiling.’”

A 120 years later, Salvation Army kettles can be found around the world.

“Money is raised for much more than hampers and toys for tots at Christmas,” Suzie adds. “Food, emergency response, addiction recovery, single mom mentoring and many other programs and services are made possible all year long.”

Can you hear the bells? Are you interested in volunteering as a kettle bell ringer in Kelowna or West Kelowna?

With your help the 2011 goal of $250,000 can be reached. Every penny you raise stays to help the needy in our community.

Kettle bell ringers will begin appearing at major retail locations on Nov. 17. The two-hour shifts are perfect for busy people. Volunteer as a family to ring those bells and make a difference right where you live.

Please volunteer to-

day by calling Suzie at 250-860-2329, local 33, or emailing suzied@ kelsa.ca.

Come to the Kettle Bell Ringer Sign Up and Orientation at The Salvation Army Kelowna Community Church, 1480 Sutherland Ave., on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.

The holiday season offers many ways to get involved in our community. You can sponsor a family, help prepare and

serve Christmas dinner, or donate ‘wish list’ items.

Find the charity of your choice at www.kcr.ca and click on Community Info Search.

Dawn Wilkinson is the coordinator for the Community Information and Volunteer Centre. Go to www.kcr.ca to create your volunteer profile and find out about other volunteer opportunities.

250-763-8008, ext 24 informkelowna@kcr.ca

Do you suffer from High Cholesterol?

Are you looking to be a part of the research to identify a possible treatment for High Cholesterol?

You may qualify for a research study if: • You are 18 years or older • You are taking high cholesterol medication Atorvastatin (LIPITOR) or Rosuvastatin (CRESTOR) or Simvastatin (ZOCOR) • Have stable health conditions If you qualify, you will receive all study related care and investigational medications at no cost and will be compensated for your travel costs.

For more information contact The Medical Arts Health Research Group Kelowna 250.763.1791 or visit our website: www.healthresearch.ca

Nov. 11- Nov. 17

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Special Advance Screenings of “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” on Nov. 17th at 10pm - *NO PASSES ACCEPTED (until Dec. 1st) - G.C Always Accepted* Special Event Friday, Nov. 18th: Gala opening for “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” – Wedding themed treats, decorations & costumes – Customers are encouraged to come dressed as a vampire or wedding guest - Radio On Site - Prizes including a Wedding Themed Package with Dance Lessons, Spa Day, Hotel Accommodations & More!

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THE IDES OF MARCH 14A Nightly 9:30 only Ends Wednesday BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR PG Friday only 3:00 & 5:00. Tickets $6 J EDGAR PG 6:50 & 9:40; Fri-Sun Matinees 12:50 & 3:40 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN Advanced Screening Thursday, November 17th @ 10:00 pm on the Okanagan’s LARGEST screen! Tickets on sale NOW! NO PASSES ACCEPTED (GIFT CERT’S ALWAYS ACCEPTED)!

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Cobra Starship out for some fun Mitchell from B4 layover hasn’t hurt Adams’ popularity who incidentally turned 37 years old just a few days ago.

The interest in Ashes & Fire was boosted by the extensive keyboard work here of Norah Jones and Benont Tench of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers who often both play on the same songs with piano and B3 organ.

The first two songs make me think Adams has been listening to a lot

of late ’60s Bob Dylan with the two superb openers Dirty Rain and the title track but after this Adams finds his own groove between pensive ballads and mid-tempo songs that never really break a sweat while maintaining an even temper.

There is some lovely stuff here with the folky Come Home, the delicate strings of The Section Quartet on Rocks and the adult alternative radio accessibility of Chains Of Love.

Another fine addition to a body of work that is long and varied for one so young.

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COBRA STARSHIP: NIGHTSHADES (DECAYDANCE/WEA)

This album has been out for a few weeks now but Cobra Starship still hold down the number five position in the radio charts proving that, although they are one hit wonders per album, they still have a degree of stay-

ing power.

Group leader Gabe Saporta used to be in the dreary emo band Midtown before he had an epiphany that having more fun was more fun and he started this clubpop band Cobra Starship.

I don’t think they will earn another hit off Nightshades, but this is a varied album unlike most dance club albums. Check out the rubbery bass lines on the retro disco song Shwick and the retro ’80s electro pop of Anything

For Love that sounds like an amalgam of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, ABC and The Human League. And I think they may even be ribbing Justin Bieber on Fool Like Me. But the only song here that really warrants repeated listenings is the big hit You Make Me Feel that radio is already playing to distraction.

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PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS Have you ever heard the statement, ‘Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His Saints?’ I have. I also have to confess that I’ve never explored its meaning. This statement is actually verse 15 of Psalm 116. November is a month of Remembrance for those who gave their lives for Christ in the church and for our nation. I thus felt called to embark on a quest to explore the meaning of Psalm 116:15 and to share the results of my journey with you.

Psalm 116 is a Psalm of praise. It begins with this bold declaration: “I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.” It ends with a hallelujah: “Praise the Lord!!” In verse 3, the psalmist confesses that he was sick or otherwise in danger of losing his very life.

“The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.” Then, out of fear and trepidation, faith erupts: “Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, save me!” When God increased his faith by saving him from death, the psalmist wrote: “When I was in great need, he saved me” (Verse 6). In the middle of this prayer of praise and thanksgiving, we have this phrase: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Saints.

The Hebrew word translated “Saints” as those whom God has set apart from all others to praise and worship Him and for His service. The Hebrew word that translates to our English word “precious” is used in other parts of the Old Testament to refer to great value. For example, in 1 Kings 10:2 and 10-11, ‘precious’ was used to describe the exceedingly great monetary value of the gems that the Queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. The psalmist thus makes a great declaration about God and the death of His people.

Theologian Martin Luther looked at this verse and declared: “The death of his saints is held to be of value before the Lord.”

The author of Psalm 116 surely died. His heart stopped beating and his breathing ceased.

However, in Psalm 116, he declared that God’s love for him was so great and his death so precious to God that the very day, hour and minute of the psalmist’s death was foremost in the Lord’s mind. It was not in God’s plan that the psalmist would die as a result of the illness or trouble described in Psalm 116. God had mercy and let him live so that he could accomplish God’s purposes while he lived. He was assured that God would use his eventual death for a special purpose. The psalmist declared that the birth, life and death of those God calls to be his own is of such great worth that He allows the death of His beloved only when that death can do the most good for His Kingdom in heaven and on earth.

In the death of His own Son, God demonstrated just how precious the death of those He loves is to Him and the importance of the timing of that death so that the greatest good can come from it. The Apostle Paul captured the preciousness

of Jesus’ death when he wrote these words: “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8). In these verses, Paul declared that not one of us is a “Saint” of God. All of us are sinners. Sin is like a wall erected between God and all humanity. This wall between God and humanity was visually represented by a curtain which hung in God’s Temple in Jerusalem, separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Temple. The Holy of Holies was the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant and was also the place God appeared above the Ark. The High Priest was the only person allowed in the Holy of Holies, and then only once a year, after a sacrifice had been offered, and the priest carried the blood of the sacrifice in with him. At the very moment of Jesus’ innocent and sacrificial death on the cross as payment for our sin, God physically tore the curtain that divided us from Him in two.

The Gospel promises that all sinners who believe and confess that Jesus Christ was offered as an innocent sacrifice for their sins, are forgiven by God of all their sins. The forgiven sinner can walk through the wall of separation between God and humanity. He/she can walk through the Temple curtain in the place God tore it, and walk into the presence of God. Through the scripture of John 3:16, the Gospel promises that all sinners who believe Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead on the first Easter Sunday, will die but will not perish; they will have eternal life.

Through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Son of God, we become God’s “Saints.” As His Saints, the days of our lives and the moment that each of us leaves this life, become very precious and costly to God. The death of any of God’s Saints is thus never random. The death of each Saint has deep meaning and purpose. God uses the death of every Saint for His grand purpose.

On the first Sunday in November many in the Christian Church observed and celebrated All Saints Sunday. On All Saints Sunday, we remember all who lived and gave their lives for our Lord Jesus Christ. When we think of Saints, our minds turn to the martyrs of the church. Apostles like St. Peter and St. Paul come to mind.

They gave their lives as a witness to their faith in Jesus. We remember the early Church Fathers like Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp who patiently suffered and died for Jesus. However, on All Saints Sunday, we must also remember all the Christians who have gone before us. They are all Saints; they are all precious to God. Their deaths were precious to God and were a part of God’s great and grand plan for humanity.

On November 11th, as a nation, we will pause and remember Canada’s war dead; those who gave their lives in the service of this country in

World War I and II, Korea, Afghanistan and while serving in NATO. As a nation we will remember them and give thanks for their sacrifice.

God used their sacrifice as a part of His plan to insure our freedom as a nation. We can give thanks to God for their sacrifice.

On November 11, 2011, we can remember that, over the centuries, Saints of God have died as soldiers, sailors, aviators and as civilian casualties of war. We can remember and praise God that their deaths were not random or in vain.

Their deaths were precious to God and occurred at a time and in a place that fit God’s good purpose and they received eternal life. We cannot always fathom God’s purpose but one day it will be made abundantly clear. We can rejoice that from the carnage of war in the European Theatre, has come peace, friendship and union among peoples once bitterly divided and at enmity with one another. The whole world has benefited from the peace and friendship that arose between the nations that battled in World War I and II. The spirit of philanthropy and mercy which has since emanated from our nations has reached to ends of the earth. Tangible aid has flowed into Africa, Asia and South America directly from our governments and from Christian missionary organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) based in our lands. The Christian Church has continued to proclaim the Gospel of salvation in these lands. As a result, membership in the Christian Church in Asia, Africa and South America now exceeds that of the Church in our own lands. We can be sure of this: Psalm 116 declares that the precious deaths of the Saints always leads to God’s calling new Saints from the world, whose lives become precious to Him and are used by Him for His great purpose. Is God calling you today?

Gather with your friends and neighbours tomorrow morning, Friday November 11, at your community’s cenotaph, to remember and honour the Saints who went before us in the fields of battle.

If you do not have a church home, you are welcome to come and worship our amazing Counselor, our triune God, and absorb the proclamation of the Gospel, at Grace Lutheran Church, Sunday mornings at 10:30AM and in our contemporary service at noon.

In Christ, Pastor Ed Skutshek

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Songs a story collection to carry through life Ste-Croix from B1 And then there’s Kim Beggs, from the Yukon, Catherine MacLellan representing Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan’s Joël Fafard, to name but a few of the other contributors. There are 46 musicians in all.

“It’s almost like this album was me coming into myself in terms of my music,” Ste-Croix said. “It comes from the folk roots tradition. That’s where I always write from, but as this time these are my stories of these areas, I really wanted it to be authentic.”

Thus where she once might have added a few more radio-friendly elements to each song, trying to make the music more sales friendly, this time she stuck to the tune itself adding only what she needed to maintain the integrity of the tune.

Ste-Croix wanted to tell us the story of the Canada she knows from years

of touring and playing in stops from coast to coast.

“No matter how crazy I might have thought I was at moments, it really always felt like this was something meaningful.

“I always feel that really all we’re doing is collecting stories for our lockers to tell everybody in the seniors’ home,” she added. “This will never be just an album. I will remember the trips and the stories, the many people toured me around their areas.

“That’s what makes it so meaningful.”

Canadian Girl includes 13 songs and took 12 flights and 7,849 km of driving to make.

Ste-Croix will be in concert Nov. 16 at the Minstrel Café (www.minstrelcafe.com), at 8 p.m., where she will be joined by local singer/songwriter Jane Eamon.

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I loved the smoke filled dome that arrived covering a piece of perfect tuna speared with a smoking cinnamon stick.

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One of the desserts (there were three, bless her heart) looked like a cluster of red grapes. The

globes, jiggly yet firm, exploded inside your mouth revealing their true nature—amazing sacks filled with liquid chocolate. Sigh!

Each Spanish wine paired perfectly, ending in a crescendo of palate pleasure with a sherry from Jerez.

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Central Okanagan wineries win international award competition Judie Steeves STAFF REPORTER

Two Kelowna wineries have placed in the top three in the InterVin International Wine Awards competition put on by

Vines magazine.

Mission Hill Family Estate was named Winery of the Year, while Sandhill Wines placed third in that category, in a field of 100 wineries from 15 countries.

To snare the honour, Mission Hill wines brought home 20 medals in the competition, with some from virtually every category of wine, against more than 300 other wineries.

The InterVin competition includes only wines available in Canada, which are judged in a blind taste testing and judged against wines in the same varietal category.

Mission Hill’s 2007

Quatrain, 2007 Compendium, 2010 Five Vineyards Rose and 2010 Reserve Vidal Icewine all won gold at the competition, while its 2009 Select Lot Collection Merlot, 2009 Reserve Merlot and

2007 Select Lot Collection Syrah picked up silver. The 2010 Five Vineyards Pinot Blanc also won silver, along with a best value designation.

Proprietor Anthony von Mandl commented,

“This recognition is to our entire team’s credit, with special acknowledgement for Mission Hill’s winemaker John Simes. His vision, discerning approach and diligent work is without dispute.”

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W COUNCIL

Kelowna bylaws eyed for adoption Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER

On Tuesday, the District of West Kelowna council unanimously voted to review Kelowna’s current bylaws regarding fighting, graffiti, possession of drug paraphernalia and smoking for consideration of adoption.

Coun. Rosalind Neis brought forward the motion after witnessing instances of drug use in the community throughout the past month.

“What really brought this to my attention was, three Fridays ago, we had a meeting with regard to some road issues around schools. As I left the meeting there were two young gentlemen outside our doors smoking marijuana,” said Neis. “I said to these young lads, ‘OK guys, this is not the place or time. Take it home, move along.’”

According to Neis the young men walked about 100 feet away and continued to smoke.

Earlier that week, Neis observed another instance of potentially illegal activity. “Three days prior to that, I was driving and I saw two young gals between tennis courts with some sort of straw device, putting something up their nostrils. I was absolutely shocked to see that. I don’t know what they were doing, but it wasn’t good.”

With the knowledge that West Kelowna council recently endorsed the idea of implementing a school police liaison officer, Neis then spoke to Const. Cheryl McKinnon, a Kelowna RCMP school liaison officer, about the best way to help the new officer deal with these issues.

“The advice from Const. McKinnon was that it’s really good that we’ve got this police liaison position coming up, but if (he/she doesn’t) have any authority to deal with these situations, (he/she is) going to be handtied,” said Neis.

McKinnon told Neis that the City of Kelowna has bylaws that assist the liaison officer in his/her duties.

“We don’t want to be throwing 15, 16 or 17-yearolds in jail, but if they’re given a fine that their parents will have to pay…when it’s hitting their (parents’) pocketbook, these kids are going to have to step it up.”

Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER

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SINGING TANDEM…Kahlia Kadziolka (left) and Selah Schlief sing Jingle Bells at the recent

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District of West Kelowna staff have begun plans on a new program that will liven up the Westbank Centre.

Music in the Park is set to launch in 2012 as a program that will see local Okanagan artists perform in Westbank Community Park (near Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre).

Early plans indicate that in the months of July and August 2012, a different artist will perform once a week. The idea is to have the first concert kick off Westside Daze.

District staff indicated that the goal of the program is to bring people to the park to enjoy local talent and engage in their community.

District staff are considering the potential purchase of a portable stage that could be used for Music in the Park as well as other community events. The concerts will likely be free to attend and alcohol will be prohibited.

Early estimationsare the music program will cost about $20,000.

W HISTORIC WESTBANK ASSOCIATION

Alternative Remembrance Day service to be provided Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER

For those who don’t wish to make the trip to Royal LePage Place for the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, the Historic Westbank Association is providing an alternate option.

At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, West Kelowna is invited to gather for a Wreath

Laying Ceremony at the cenotaph in the Westbank Community Centre parking lot.

Last year, the Legion’s Remembrance Day service was moved from the traditional location of the Westbank Lions Community Centre to Royal LePage Place.

The Historic Westbank Association wanted to still put on a ceremony for those who were used to coming

down to the Lions Hall.

“We did this last year, just sort of impromptu, because (we knew) there would be people in downtown Westbank who would come out to the Westbank cenotaph to celebrate Remembrance Day,” said Gordon Ficke, with the association.

“We didn’t advertise or anything, we just said we’ll have something available for people who de-

cide they’re going to come down. It’s a good thing we did because we had about 150 people show up. It would have been kind of sad if they had missed out on something.”

Ficke said that another purpose of the wreath laying ceremony is to give a short service to those who don’t want to leave the town centre.

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“I don’t know what (the Legion’s) plans are; they may change back again.

It’s a decision they have, but we’ll continue if people (show interest).Our organization believes in maintaining heritage in our community.”

Refreshments will be provided inside the Westbank Lions Community Centre after the ceremony.

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Land exchange FOI request delayed by province Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER

The District of West Kelowna is going to have to wait until March 12, 2012, before the province shares any records pertaining to its land exchange with Westbank First Nation.

On July 22, 2011, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and

Infrastructure received the district’s request for the land exchange records through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. On Sept. 15, the B.C. Ministry of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government advised the district that it would not be able to respond to the request within the 30 business days as defined by the act

and advised that, in limited circumstances, the time limit may be extended.

Indicating that a large volume of records was the reason for the delay, it issued an extension until Oct. 31.

On Nov. 1, the ministry advised West Kelowna council that the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner had granted an additional 90

days to the response deadline, indicating again the large volume of records and the requirement to consult with a public body and/or third party.

West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater said it was a “very frustrating” letter to receive.

“We’ve been pushed out for an unprecedented period of time: Now to more than six

months since we originally applied,” said Findlater.

But Findlater was trying to see the glass as half full.

“In a way I’m very frustrated, but in a way, maybe there’s room for optimism. I had expected some records that looked like Swiss cheese with black lines through them all over the place. Perhaps they are actually taking a really ser-

ious look at this.”

District council has stated it has a number of concerns regarding the province’s commitment to turn over 698 acres of Crown Land located at the north end and east side of Rose Valley Reservoir in exchange for eight acres of reserve lands, which are being used, in part, for the development of the Westside Road Interchange.

W ROAD SAFETY

District to install new speed reader boards Fill ZPVS DBSU The District of West Kelowna is furthering its efforts to slow down speeding motorists.

On Aug. 26, West Kelowna council passed a resolution directing staff to purchase two speed reader boards and work with ICBC to identify the most appropriate locations to place the two signs.

The first new speed reader board will be tplaced at the intersection

of Webber and Glenrosa Roads.

The second will be placed at the intersection of Butt Road and Old Okanagan Highway.

“Since the District of West Kelowna incorporated, the municipality has received complaints about dangerous driving and near misses at these locations,” said Mayor Doug Findlater.

“The reader boards

will record vehicle speeds and instantly display them to motorists, reminding drivers to slow down as they approach the two busy intersections.”

After the speed display signage is installed, the municipality will work with West Kelowna RCMP to reinforce traffic laws using radar, just down the road from the reader boards, to further improve safety.

ICBC funded half the cost of the speed display signs and provided the municipality with traffic data to help identify the best locations to place the boards.

Each speed reader board is valued at more than $6,000, which includes the cost of the solar power system and the data logging equipment.

According to Findlater, the signs will improve

safety at the two intersections.

“We’re doing what we can to remind motorists to slow down and be aware of pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists,” Findlater said.

“We’re also currently working on a Master Transportation Plan, which will include recommendations for other road improvements over the next several years.”

Offer input about concept options for Pritchard Park An online survey has rbeen launched to involve the public in developing conceptual design options for Pritchard Park, including a lakefront property at 1595 Pritchard Rd., which the municipality purchased in August 2011.

The survey has been developed to help the District of West Kelowna

gather community feedback—a key component in Phase 1 of the Pritchard Park Plan.

The survey will be available through the municipality’s homepage— districtofwestkelowna.ca —until Nov. 14.

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WESTSIDE W SMALL CLAIMS COURT

Call to increase maximum dollar award to $50,000 I caught a portion of a CBC Radio news story the other day. After purchasing a home, a couple learned that there had been problems that would require repairs totaling about $50,000.

The focus of the news story seemed to be the inadequacy of Property Condition Disclosure Statements in protecting purchasers.

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The purchasers seemed to think that they had a “slam-dunk” case against the folks who sold the house and the real es-

tate agents involved, all of whom they believed were aware of and failed to disclose the problems with the home.

They expressed frustration, though, with estimates they had gotten from lawyers that it would cost $10,000 to $20,000 to prosecute the matter in court.

When compared to a potentially $50,000 case, that legal expense to achieve justice seems disproportionate.

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The other “fix” is to eliminate lawyers altogether.

That’s exactly what Small Claims Court is all about.

British Columbia’s Small Claims system is specifically designed to give access to justice without the need for a lawyer.

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Every system of justice has its limitations, but I am impressed as all heck with our small claims system.

Commencing a small claims lawsuit is as easy as filling in the blanks of a one-page form.

The blanks have such complicated headings as “What Happened” and “How Much.”

There are easy to understand pamphlets explaining straightforward and accessible procedures.

There are two hearings. The first is a an opportunity to resolve the legal dispute at a mini-mediation presided over by a provincial court judge.

If a settlement is not reached, the next and final hearing is the trial.

The trial can be as simple as stepping into the witness box and telling your story, armed with whatever documentation might be relevant to your claim.

If one of the parties chooses to hire a lawyer, the judge is likely to even the playing field by helping the unrepresented party along to the extent possible.

Not only do you avoid

the horrendous expense of legal fees to prosecute your case, you also avoid the risk of paying the opposing parties legal fees if you are unsuccessful because legal fees are not claimable in small claims lawsuits.

Unfortunately, the dissatisfied purchasers in the CBC news story cannot currently prosecute their $50,000 case in small claims court.

In 2005, the maximum dollar award in small claims was increased from $10,000 to $25,000. That increase reflected the reality that it made no sense to pay a lawyer to prosecute a claim up to $25,000.

At the time, it was contemplated that the upper limit ought to be increased to $50,000.

I think the time has come to do just that, so that those like the dissatisfied home purchasers can have affordable access to justice.

While I’m at it, I should mention another unfortunate limitation to small claims.

Our current legislation requires builders liens to be enforced in supreme court. The legislation

needs to change to allow those liens to be prosecuted in small claims.

As it stands, a construction contractor has to hire a lawyer to enforce a builders lien in supreme court even if the claim is as low as $2,000 to $3,000.

And to tie this into the subject matter of my column, personal injury claims can be pursued in small claims as well.

If there is enough interest, I would be happy to offer free seminars to teach injured victims how to best prosecute a case without a lawyer in small claims. Tell that to the insurance adjuster who lowballs you.

Contact your local MLA and ask that he or she support these and other initiatives that will increase access to justice in this province.

This column is intended to provide general information about injury claims. It is not a substitute for retaining a lawyer to provide legal advice specifically pertaining to your case. Paul Hergott is a lawyer at Hergott Law in West Kelowna. paul@hlaw.ca

Sugar Plum Fair at Quails’ Gate To celebrate more than 50 years of growing grapes in the Okanagan, the Stewart family, owner of Quails’ Gate winery in West Kelowna, will host the annual Sugar Plum Fair on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This family event will feature local artisans, plenty of holiday cheer and the dancers from Ballet Kelowna.

Special arrangements have also been

made for Santa to make an appearance at Allison House.

Donations will also be accepted on behalf of both the food bank and Ballet Kelowna.

Admission to our Sugar Plum Fair is free, as people who plan to attend are asked to donate a non-perishable food item for the West Kelowna and Kelowna food banks.

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The Christmas season started early at the Westbank United Church last Saturday as the church hosted its annual Christmas Extravaganza and Luncheon. The event featured various crafts, baked goods and jewelry for sale along with a silent auction also gave guests an opportunity to bid on a variety of gift baskets. One of the featured items for sale was a hockey stick, signed by various members of the Westside Warriors. Although the event was primarily put on by the women church members, a few of the men helped out as well.

CLOCKWISE from top left: Ken Sorensen holds a model Chris Craft he carved and was selling along with wooden ducks and other wood crafts; Rita Parsons mans the assorted homemade preserves table provided by Westbank United Church members; Lee Sorensen displays woven sewn and hand crafted delights; checking out the Christmas silent auction gift baskets; Wanda Colvin holds a hockey stick signed by the Westside Warriors that was used during a game.

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ARE YOU READY TO BUY A HOME? FIRST - do you have the financial resources? You should have five percent of the purchase price of a home for the down payment, but ideally even more.

Are there other priorities in your life e.g. starting a new business, which require your savings? If not, buying a home should be on your radar.

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Moving can be expensive and you will want to build some equity before having to relocate. Your job and home life should be stable.

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Presents a Remembrance Day Wreath Laying Ceremony, Friday, Nov.11th 11am. Westbank Cenotath, Westbank Lion Community Centre. Refreshments provided by Royal Canadian Legion Westbank Branch #288 Everyone Welcome.

He’s a husband, and a dad, he’s an uncle and a brother, he’s the pride of his family, father and mother. He’s a teammate and a leader, he’s a co-worker and a friend, but to me, he’ll always be my sweet baby brother until the very end.

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DIETRICH, JULIA Julia passed away peacefully on Monday November 7, 2011 aged 92 at Sunpointe Village, Kelowna, B.C. Born on March 11, 1919 in Grayson Saskatchewan to Frank and Rose Flegel. Predeceased by her husband Lawrence. She is survived by her children: Donna, Edmonton; Sharon (Paul), Coquitlam; Kelly, Coquitlam; Arlene, Kelowna; Robert (Michele), Surrey, grandchildren: Tara (Tony), Coquitlam; Erica (Bryan), Port Coquitlam; R.J., Port Coquitlam; Jared, Edmonton; 3 great grandsons, Enzi, Adri, Coquitlam; Brody, Port Coquitlam; brother, John (Beverley), Kelowna; sisters, Ann, Kelowna; Theresa (Otto), Kelowna; Matilda (Richard), Kamloops; and many nieces and nephews. Prayers will be recited at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, November 10 at Vallyeview Funeral Home, 165 Valleyview Road. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 12 at St Theresa’s Catholic Church, 750 Rutland Rd. North, Father Otto Rollheiser O.M.I. celebrant. Julia will be cremated and laid to rest at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family asks you to consider a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, #4 – 1551 Sutherland Avenue Kelowna, BC V1Y 9M9. Funeral arrangements are in care of Valleyview Funeral Home, 250-765-3147.

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Kenneth (Ken) Larry Gulenchyn passed away peacefully with family and friends by his side on November 5, 2011 at Kelowna General Hospital at the age of 61. Ken was born July 18, 1950 in Winnipeg Manitoba. He is survived by his wife Susan, his sons Thomas and Colin, daughter-in-law Sara, his mother Mary of Vernon BC, his sister Linda Shea (Gordon) of Kamloops BC, his brother Rick (Sandra) of Surrey BC and his brother Randy (Nicole) of Kelowna BC. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Marci Basarab, his sister-in-law Karen Mellor (Don) of Kelowna BC and brother-in-law Ron Basarab of Winnipeg MB and many nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his father Walter Gulenchyn and father-in-law William Basarab. Ken was raised in Winnipeg where he met his loving wife Susan. They were married on March 3, 1973 and moved to Kelowna in 1975. Ken loved life and couldn’t wait for the next adventure. His enthusiasm was unparalleled and contagious. He had a rare gift and for those who knew him, their lives were enriched immeasurably by his sense of humour, compassion, integrity and strength of character. He will be sadly missed.

Memorial services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road, Kelowna BC. Donations in Ken’s memory may be made to The Bridge Youth & Family Services at www.thebridgeservices.ca Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com or 250-860-7077.

BILYK, JOHN Born on March 18, 1923 and passed away on November 3, 2011 at the age of 88 years at the Kelowna General Hospital.

He is survived by Margaret, his loving wife of 62 years and their children: Elaine Coutinho (Arthur), Glen (Joyce), Lorne (Sheryl) and Larry (Jennifer), sister Anne Ryan, 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents Dmytro and Sophie and his sisters Mary and Olga. John was born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan and moved with his family to Kelowna in 1969. He was a well respected real estate agent in the Okanagan from 1970 to his “official” retirement in 1995 at age 72. He was well known for his loving, caring attitude towards family, relatives, acquaintances and strangers, always ready to share his Bible based beliefs.

John had a strong faith in his Creator, devoting his life to helping his family and many others in the community as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the last 68 years. A memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1039 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, B.C., on November 12, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

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BOYLE, RICHARD

November 20, 1919 - October 26, 2011 Richard Henry Boyle passed away peacefully at home with Stella, his wife of 35 years at his side. He was a veteran with the Canadian Army in World War II; fought and wounded in Italy. He fought his cancer with good humour and courage. Richard was an inspiration to his family and friends during his ordeal. He was survived by one brother, Art. Richard is lovingly remembered by his wife Stella; eight children: Charlene (Wes), Allan (Carol), Ron (Shirley), Dennis (Arlene), Stan (Jan), Brian (Julie), Terry (Kim), Norine (Don); four step children: Brenda (Lorne), Wendy (Art), Jack (Sharyl), Tammy (Rob); numerous grand and great grandchildren; and his many friends. Richard loved his little dog Sammy who was a constant companion and comfort to him right through to the end. The family thanks Dr. Segers for his care and support through this time.

A celebration of Richard’s life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kelowna SPCA.

SCAMAHORN, EVA (NEE POLASEK) Passed away quietly at Sutherland Hills Rest Home on Thursday, November 8, 2011 at the age of 93.

Survived by her sister Dolores Polasek of Kelowna and many nieces and nephews. Sadly predeceased by her husband Bruce and her siblings Christina, Teresa, Joe, John, Frank, Mike and Albert. Eva was born in Montana, graduated from Providence Hospital in Moose Jaw, SK in 1940 and married Bruce Scamahorn in 1942. She enjoyed a meaningful and successful nursing career. The family is grateful for the love and care Eva received at Sutherland Hills. Prayers will be recited on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm at Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Road, Kelowna, BC with a Mass of Christian Burial being held on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 10:00 am at Immaculate Conception Church, 839 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna, BC. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to ICC, “Development and Peace” or a Charity of your Choice. A Graveside service will be held at Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, 815 Assiniboine Ave. E. in Regina on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:00 am.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE and OFFICE MANAGER Kardash Plumbing & Heating Golden BC is expanding their business to include a large retail facility. Ideally we are seeking a personable individual who has selling, management and accounting skills. Skill requirements: • Excellent communication & organizational skills • Computer literacy • Independent • Self-starter • Strong organizational skills If you are interested in living in a strong, vibrant community which offers four season outdoor adventure, come see what Golden has to offer.

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JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! No experience necessary, we will train. Must be 18+yrs. of age.

Call 250-860-3590 or Email: info@plazio.ca Planerman & Millwright required immediately for North Okanagan Forest Company.

Preference will be given to those with experience in the forest industry. Fax resume to 250-838-9637.

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Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

HHDI RECRUITING is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Baker Hughes

Alberta -

based oilfield services company is currently hiring equipment operators.

Class 1 or 3 license preferred, but we will train the right candidate with a Class 5.

Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759 For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca SPECIALTY Bakery at 101833 Finns Rd. Kelowna BC, V1X 5B8 has an opening for a Delivery Driver, $15/hr, TuesSat, shift starts at 5am. Benefits avail. Apply by fax at 250765-5810 by mail or in person with a resume, cover letter & clean drivers abstract.

We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

Full time Japanese Cook Wanted $14.00~17.50/Hr, 40Hrs/W, 3y exp Sushi, Maki, Roll, Teriyaki, etc. Oh Sushi, #3B-605 KLO Rd, Kelowna ohsushi605@hotmail.com Room Attendant 40 hrs/wk, $13.00/hr. No experience required. High School education Knowledge of English language -Physically demanding -Must have positive attitude, able to work under pressure w/ detailed work habits Reply: Best Western Hotel 2402 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna, BC Email: rosemary@bwkelowna.com WANTED Sushi Cook. $15.50/hr 3-5 yrs exp. Can handle multiple jobs such as prep and cooking food, cutting and cleaning fish, plan menu, ordering stocks, estimating food req’d and costs, maintaining inventory, cleaning kitchen and work areas. Submit resume to yamatodining@hotmail.com.

Retail THE WARDROBE Women’s Clothing Boutique is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and reliable person to join our team. Permanent PT or FT position available. If you are friendly and thrive on delivering excellent customer service enquire with resume to The Wardrobe 2987 Pandosy St. Kelowna. www.thewardrobeapparel.ca

Help Wanted

AUTOMOTIVE SALES PROFESSIONAL HAVE YOU SOLD 500 CARS? EXPERIENCED Sales Rep needed to sell the best built, best backed, best priced vehicles on the market today.

We offer up to 30% commission, monthly bonus, lucrative Business Office and accessory spiff program, car allowance, benefits package and a great team atmosphere.

Send resumes to: mike@vernonhyundai.com Vernon Hyundai 4607 27th Street, Vernon, BC V1T 4Y6 Attn: Sales Manager Experienced only need apply.

VERNON Are you into exercise, motivated and wanting some extra income?

Capital News is looking for a person or persons with a reliable vehicle to deliver newspapers door to door in the Kelowna and Westside areas. Various sized routes on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Your papers would be dropped at your home early in the morning, and you would have the whole day to complete your deliveries.

Work as much or as little as you want.

To apply for this position, please call Capital News Circulation at 250-763-7575 and ask for Richard.

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Services

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Financial Services

Cleaning Services

Heat, Air, Refrig.

Roofing & Skylights

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS? Relief is only a call away!

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CLEANING- weekly/ biweekly, residential, move-in & out.

Please call 250-448-1786 Exp. Cleaners Will do all types of cleaning. Office evenings $20/hr. 250-765-8880

SOMMERFELD Heating. Replace/install AC’s, heat pumps fireplaces etc. Lic’d. 215-6767

GERMAN MASTER ROOFER. All kinds of roofs. 250-8638224 www.teamgerman.com RYDER ROOFING LTD. Free est, ‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’ 250-7653191.

EXPERIENCED STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATORS with valid ticket. Iron Workers & Erectors.

Please email resume to debbie@totalfab.ca or fax to 604-856-5896

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic or Millwright

ADVANTAGE ENGINE & COMPRESSOR SERVICES LTD. has an immediate opening. 3rd & 4th year apprentices will be considered depending on experience.

Successful candidate will operate a service vehicle in northern Alberta. Must be willing to work overtime and/or long hours. Exp. in natural gas compression a definite asset.

We offer very Competitive Wages, Bonuses and Benefit Plan.

E-mail resume to: jobs@ advantage-engine.ca or Fax to: 780-622-4409

POSITION Available for 4th Year. or Lic. Auto Tec., with well rounded exp. integrity for well established BCAA approved RPM Auto located in Kelowna, eight fully equipped bays, with the latest equipment. Email resume: rpmauto@shawlink.ca or Fax (250)868-3587 or Drop off to:1761 Harvey Ave

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Mind Body Spirit

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Lovely, Peaceful Setting, Men and women welcome $60/hr.

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Holistic Health CASE Studies needed. Our students are ready for : Manicure, $20, Pedicure, $20, Reflexology, $29. Massage $29.

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Help Wanted

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Cleaning Services #1 Affordable Quality House Cleaning. Exc ref’s & rates.

Wkly/Bi-weekly. 250-575-4001 #1 NU-MAID Cleaning “Making U House Proud”! Professional. Reliable. 250-215-1073 CLEANING Lady, reliable and friendly, Call 250-215-5060

Help Wanted

A Great Place to Learn!!

VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 (VERNON) School District No. 22 (Vernon) is currently recruiting qualified applicants for the following position: Payroll Clerk B – prepares and process payrolls, maintain records, prepares reports and responds to inquiries.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 • Level 1 Certificate of Canadian Payroll Association Management Certificate Program or equivalent • Completion of a recognized post secondary Basic Accounting Course equivalent to OUC BAC011 and BAC012 • Typing certificate with minimum 60 wpm • 1 year previous payroll experience working with a large computerized payroll • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office components The successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record Check prior to employment.

Interested and qualified applicants should forward their resume with supporting documentation, professional references and cover letter to: Human Resources - Support Staff School District No. 22 (Vernon) 1401-15th Street Vernon, B.C. V1T 8S8 Email: personnel@sd22.bc.ca Fax: (250) 549-9200 www.sd22.bc.ca Only those persons selected for interviews will be contacted. To all others, thank you for your interest.

Services

Computer Services 12/7 A MOBILE COMPUTER TECH. Certified computer technician, virus removal, repairs, upgrades. Let me come to you. 250-717-6520.

12/7 In-Home Repairs. New Systems/Upgrades.

20+yrs Prof. Service. Peter 215-4137

Contractors DCR. Reno’s, Kitchens, bth, Flooring Res/Comm. Int/Ext. Paint. Free est 250-862-1746 KSK Framing & Foundations.

Quality workmanship at reas rates. Free est 250-979-8948 WENINGER CONST. Family company commited to Kelowna & Big White. 250-765-6898

Countertops CALL MIKE’S ELITE Countertops- All Countertops - Granite, Caesar Stone, Sile Stone, Han Stone, Marble and all natural stone products. Hundreds of colours to choose from. We offer a special every month, call Mike to find out this month’s deal! Please call (250)575-8543, 2392 Dominion Road.

QRANIT and Quartz Countertop from $50/SQF Solidwood Cabinets from $150/Each (10’x10’ kitchen $1,500) Buy Cabinets over $4,000 Free granite or quartz slabs showroom location: 5-2720 Hwy97 N. Free estimate: 250-8992661 REFACE Countertops.

1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

Drywall PESL DRYWALL Service Inc. Renovations, new construction and repairs. Boarding, taping, textured ceilings. Call Tomas at 250-212-4483 or 860-3495.

Electrical ALAN Dignam Electric. Resid/ Comm. Service calls, Reno’s, Upgrades. lic’d, bonded & Insured. Alan 250-808-6595 JRS ELECTRIC: Licns’d, bnded & insr’d. From new builds & renos to service calls.

Russ 250-801-7178 (cont:98365) MJB ELECTRIC Residential & commercial repairs and service work. Fast & Friendly Service. 250-212-5610

Fencing CEDAR Panels, Gates, Custom fencing & Decks. Quality Workmanship Repair & Reno’s Josef 250-864-7755.

Garage Door Services GARAGE Doors- install, service, repair all makes of doors & openers. 250-878-2911

Garden & Lawn TAM’S Gardening. Fall Cleanups/ Maint. Planting, weeding, pruning & more. 250-575-3750 TOP SOIL $20/yd. Compost Mix $35/yd., Ogogrow, Gravel, Rocks, Mulches 250-868-3380

Gutters & Downspouts KELOWNA GUTTER Cleaning and repairs, re-slope gutters,etc Richard 250-718-6718

Handypersons LARRY’S Home Repairs. Drywall, painting, electrical, plumbing etc. No job too small!

250-717-3251 NEED a hand inside or out from painting to yard work.

250-215-1712, 250-768-5032 SENIOR Fenton’s Handyman Services.

Fencing, Painting, House Maint.(250)863-2129 TERRY’S Handyman Service.

Indoor/outdoor painting, carpentry, furniture repair, dump runs, No job too small! 250575-4258 or 250-450-6939

Services

Home Improvements JELLIS Carpentry & Contracting Ltd. Carpentry & Painting Services. Scott 250-300-3250.

MARAINE Construction, 30 yrs. Exp. Complete Home Building/Reno’’s.250-300-4657 OLD SCHOOL Construction.

Interior renovation specialist.

Done right the first time. Lic & ins. Sen. discount. Cory Doell 250-862-7094 WELL BUILT CONSTRUCTION

Renovation experts. Int/Ext. Ins’d. Call 250-826-2284

Home Repairs A Full Home Reno Service.

GaviaConstructionServices.ca Call Chris at 250-300-3534 High Caliber Construction. All home & office reno’s. No job too big or small. 250-864-0771 LARRY’S Handyman & Reno Serv., Lg. & Sm. jobs, Graffitti Removal etc., 250-718-8879 Replace windows/doors. Call Stan at 250-861-5988 Since 1983 Crystalclassic.ca

Irrigation/Sprinkler Systems A-1 LAWN SPRINKLER BLOW OUTS $40 most homes.

Owner operator.

Call or Text -Tim (250)-215-7788 ASPEN LANDSCAPING, irrigation blowout, fall clean-up 250-317-7773.

END of Season Special. Irrigation Blowouts $30. 15 yrs. Experience.(250)-212-8899

Kitchen Cabinets MARYANNE’S KITCHEN. Free drawer upgrade. No HST in Oct. Call 250-317-7523

Landscaping #1 STOP FOR ROCKS. www.bcrocks.com.

Please call 250-862-0862 FULL landscaping, rock walls, soil screening. Tremblay’s Excavating. 250-979-8033 GLM Landscaping & Irrigation 12% Discount!!! Custom landscaping 250-864-5450

Machining & Metal Work GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

Moving & Storage

� AAA Best Rates Moving $59+.

“Why Pay More” Short/Long Distance.

Free Est. Res/Comm, 861-3400 DAN-MEL MOVING SERVICES Local & long distance, also Fifth Wheel moving. 250-2150147 or 250-766-1282 FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687 NORTH END Moving Service Local/Long Distance. Free Estimates 250-470-9498

Painting & Decorating CALL COR’S PAINTING. On time, on budget. Neat & tidy.

Focus on repaints. Lic & ins.

Senior discount. Cory Doell 250-768-8439 DALE’S PAINTING Service.

Painting Kelowna a better place since 1982.

862-9333 SEEGER & Son Painting.

Quality painting, reasonable & reliable call Jason 762-4039

Plumbing DREGER MECH. Plumbing, Gasfitting, comm/res & reno, ins’d, 24hr. Call 250-575-5878.

Services

Rubbish Removal 250-808-0733 SKYHIGH DISPOSAL. Full service Junk Removal & Bin Rentals.

ERIK the STUDENT RUBBISH REMOVAL HAULS FROM $39.99 & UP &

FALL CLEAN UPS

250-859-9053

TERRY THE JUNK GUY.ca 778931-0741 Rubbish, Cars, Junk, Reasonable Rates from a Reasonable Guy

Sundecks KELOWNA DECK & RAIL. Vinyl, Mod. Flooring, Alum., GlassTopless/Picket878-2483.

Tiling GUARANTEED Prof. installs tile, granite, travertine, hrdwd. granite countertops, pools, decks res/comm250-808-0753 TILE Setter. Artistic Ceramics.

Custom tile setting. Call 250870-1009

Tree Services ROB’S Tree Care Ltd 1975.

For all your tree care needs.

Ins. & Cert. WCB. 212-8656

Pets & Livestock

Equestrian HORSE boarding available.

West Kelowna, self and full board. Call (250)769-4704

Feed & Hay 800 lb round bales: this years grass hay $50./bale, last years grass hay $25./bale.

Wheat Straw bales 3x3x8 700 lb $40/bale 250-804-6720 HAY FOR SALE; Grass or Grass Alfalfa mix, Round bales $70 each, approx.

800lbs. Large square bales, 3x3x8, $160/ton.

Delivery avail. on larger orders. 250838-6630 *HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail.

(250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.

Pets CKC registered Working Line Male German Shepherd puppy for sale.

Both parents are personal protection trained, good prospects, great pedigree. first shots and micro chipped.Ready to go. 250-296-3316 FRENCH BULLDOG PUPPIES!! maandpawfrenchbulldogs.com 604309-5333 char04@shaw.ca

GOLDEN Doodle Puppies, Adorable & Playful, 9 wks old, mother is Golden Retriever & Father is Black Standard Poodle. Expected height approx.

24”, First shots, Non-shedding. $500. Gary, 250-258-9045.

GREAT Dane puppies, mantle & black, Ready Nov 18th, $1000, 1(250)379-2022 HAVANESE / BICHON frise puppies, come with shots, del available. (250)804-6848 Miniature Australian Shepherd puppies, tri/merle, tails docked dewclawed, 1st shots, Ready Nov26, $750 250- 540-3111 SHICHON puppy, non-shedding & excellent with children. born August 28th one female left $450. 250-766-5572 cell 250-833-2746 Trinity Shepherds Malamute/ Shepherd cross, puppies, avail now, Vet checked all shots $250.ea 250-547-9763

Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / Vintage SPARROW’S NEST 1733 Dolphin (off Kirschner) Tues to Sat 10am - 5:30pm

$100 & Under 2 Drawer Letter Size Filing Cabinet $30 Call (250)7651633 BELL Satellite & HD Receiver $100 Call (778)480-2236

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

$100 & Under

$100 & Under

4 Steel Rims, 15x6, fits toyota, excellent condition, $70 Call 250-763-9047 7 ft Colorado Pine Xmas Tree 400 Lights, 700 Points, Used 1 season $35 250-860-1019 BOOKCASE $10 Call (250)765-1633 DRYER for sale. Great condition $50 (250)762-3386

CRAFTSMAN 12” Band Saw. Motor & stand w/ extra blades. $95 (250)-860-5971 DOUBLE box spring and mattress, clean, $55 Call (250)860-2215 EGG Noodle Maker, make your own noodles, 2 size of noodles $23 (250)860-2215

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$100 & Under

$100 & Under

$100 & Under

$400 & Under

Firearms

FOUR all season radial tires, 13”, like new, FOUR studded winter tires 13” $25/Tire Call (250)868-3956

RECORD player and speakers. Good condition. $35 Call (250)860-2215 ROUTER & tools, $100. Call 250-769-6399 SHAMANO Bike 24” 21 speed. Front and back suspension. $42 (250)860-2215 TECHNIQUE Turn Table Never Used $30 (250)765-1633

WOODEN doll crib with doll items. $22 Call (250)860-2215

UTILITY Trailer 6’x 4’ x 16” deep comes with lid $325 BARGAIN ! (250)763-3314

$200 & Under

Farm Equipment

4 Near New Snow Tires. Used 2 Months, Size 195-70-14. $200OBO Call (250)762-4888

FORD 3000 Diesel Tractor with front end loader. $5,500, 250-762-8084.

KIDS folding table and 2 folding chairs. $20 Call (250)860-2215 NEW RV Tarp Cover. Grey.

Extra Heavy 20’ x 30’ paid $90 Sell for $60 (250)-860-5971

OPEN FRIDAY! Marlin 1895 XLR 45-70 $775. Rem 700 SPS DM $569. Ruger Hawkeye African $889. Rem 870 from $399. SKS’s & Ammo. All at the Best Little Gunshop Around, Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd. Kelowna 250-762-7575 Tues-Sat 10-6.

Sales & Service Directory COUNTERTOPS

CONTRACTORS

Licensed & Insured

In business since 1989

250-300-3534

“Renovation Experts” Interior/exterior Prompt, clean and reliable Insured 250-826-2284 wellbuiltconstruction@shaw.ca

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRICAL

EXCAVATION

A & S Electric

MJB ELECTRIC

TREMBLAY’S EXCAVATING LTD.

765-6898

Residential & Commercial Wiring, New Construction, Renovations & Service Changes. Complete telephone & data cabling services, Prompt quality service. Licensed & Bonded Call Steve 250-864-2099 (cont#90929)

HEATING SOMMERFELD HEATING

Replace existing & install new furnaces, AC’s, heat pumps & fireplaces.

Licensed.

Wayne 250-215-6767

Res/Comm Repairs & Service Work.

Fast & Friendly Service.

250-212-5610

•Full Landscaping •Rock Retaining Walls •Portable Soil Screener •Excavators & Bobcat Loaders CELL: (250) 979-8033 BUS: (250) 861-1500

HOME IMPROVEMENT Crystal Classic Exteriors

CASH BACK & SAVE Replace your windows and doors. We offer all your exterior needs.

STAN @ 250-317-4437

Maraine Construction Specialize in Kitchens & Bathrooms. Planning, Design & Installation. 30 years exp.

All types of renovations, residential & Commercial.

Marty 250-300-4657

JELLIS CARPENTRY & CONTRACTING LTD.

Complete Carpentry Services Decks, millwork, sheds, garage organization, renovations & improvements.

Scott Jellis 250-300-3250 Red Seal Journeyman Carpenter

DCR Contracting c. 250.862.1746

e. dcrcontracting@shaw.ca renovations, int/ext, res/comm, kitchen, baths, flooring, drywall, paint, licensed & insured. Free Est.

ABC

OVERHEAD DOORS We install, service, & repair all makes of doors & openers.

FREE ESTIMATES • INSURANCE CLAIMS Call for appointment

Senior’s Specials Experience & Quality New Homes & Repaints Ceilings Bondable. Insurance Work Call Terry

250-863-9830 or 250-768-1098

“ONE ROOM, OR YOUR WHOLE CASTLE”

DALE’S

PAINTING SERVICE

862-9333 PAINTING KELOWNA A BETTER PLACE SINCE 1982

member of B.B.B. Fully insured, WCB coverage. All types of shingle roofing & torch on roofing systems.

‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’

250-765-3191

SEEGER & SON PAINTING Quality painting, reasonable and reliable.

CALL JASON 762-4039

250-878-2911 abcohdoors@gmail.com

250.718.6718

LANDSCAPING

MOVING

GLM ENTERPRISES

North End Moving Services

End of season pricing. Fall cleanups, pruning, cedar trimming, retaining walls, full landscapes

250-864-5450

HIGH CALIBER CONSTRUCTION

Repair, Replace, Remodel.

All Home & Office Reno’s.

No Job Too Big or Small

Dan 250-864-0771

TILING

• Re-roofing & new construction • Specialize in cedar shake removal • Gutters & down spouts • All roofing practice to building code • 40 years experience • Licensed and Insured

Free Estimates ~ All work guaranteed Call: 250-860-7665

Complete Carpentry Services Decks, millwork, sheds, garage organization, renovations & improvements.

Scott Jellis 250-300-3250 Red Seal Journeyman Carpenter

59.00 SF

On select colors only | Installation available

Natural Stone Surfaces All One Piece Laminate

Visit our showroom at THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm Family owned & operated for over 40 years

colonialcountertops.com

HANDYMAN Larry’s Handyman & Renovation Services • Interior & Exterior Renovations • Carpentry • Painting • Small Repairs • Pressure Washing

• Kitchen & Bathroom Upgrades • Yard Maintenance • Fences, Decks • Tile • Graffiti Removal

250-718-8879

Seníor Fenton’s

Handyman Services Fencing, Painting, Concrete, House and Yard Maintenance & Repair, Lawnmower Tuneups Worksafe Registered

250-863-2129 Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country

Local or Long Distance Polite & Professional

Ph: 250-869-0697 Cell 250-470-9498

EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMEN QUALITY WORKMANSHIP SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST

• Bath Remodels • Decks • Drywall

• Kitchen Remodels • Painting • Plumbing

• Electrical • Tile Work • To-Do Lists • Much More

TREE SERVICES

TILE SETTER

Artistic Ceramics.

Custom tile setting.

Travertine, marble, granite & ceramic.

Decks, kitchen, baths.

Guaranteed work.

Call 250-870-1009

Canadian Homebuilders Association

Kelowna • 250-717-5500 kelowna.handymanconnection.com

For All Your Tree Care Needs Complete Tree Removal • Shaping • Thinning • Crown Reduction • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured • WCB

250-212-8656

FEATURING

JELLIS CARPENTRY & CONTRACTING LTD.

starting at

1630 Innovation Dr. Kelowna, BC V1V 2Y5 P 250.765.3004 | F 250.491.1773

$

RENOVATIONS

ROOFING

RYDER ROOFING LTD. Free estimates, senior discounts,

NATURAL STONE

Kelowna Gutter Cleaning & Repair • Fix leaks • 20 years. experience • Fascia soffit repairs • Downpipes • Re-Slope

9.95 LF

$

starting at

GARAGE DOOR GUTTER & SERVICES DOWNSPOUTS

PAINTING AFFORDABLE PAINTING

LAMINATE TOPS

MEMBER

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

Independently Owned and Locally Operated

Deck & Rail Kelowna

Serving the Okanagan 14 yrs.

Vinyl Decking up to 80 mil., Modular Flooring, Aluminum, Glass, Topless, Picket Railings, Fences & Gates.

Free Estimates

250-878-2483

www.kelownadeckandrail.com

WELDING METAL FABRICATION LTD. Fences • Gates • Railings • Security Bars • Cargo Racks • Rollcages • Boat Railings & more. Tube Bending Specialists www.getbentmetalfab.ca

250-863-4418

FEATURING

GET FEATURED

speak with a classified rep to get this space working for you

250-763-7114

SOMMERFELD HEATING

Replace existing & install new furnaces, AC’s, heat pumps & fireplaces.

Licensed.

Wayne 250-215-6767

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Bdrm set- dresser triple mirror highboy night table. Bleached Oak Good cond 250-808-1554 FREE: 24” Hitachi floor model TV, good picture. Call 250766-3469 FREE Consule attached Hitachi TV/Oak Cabinet. Excellent working cond. (250)862-2438 Free firewood, 875 Hollywood Rd. S, Kelowna FREE pick up , appliances or any kind of metal. Call (250)765-9303, 250-212-3122 Free pickup,of aluminum windows, wire, pipe, air conditioners & batteries. 250-717-0581 FREE P/U- Appliances, Rads, Batteries, Old machinery, vehicles. Harley 778-821-1317 FREE Tools and Misc items, (mostly carpenters tools.) Call (250)768-4974

$126,000 Rutland Top Floor Seniors Condo, View, Secured Parking, MLS Ken Dempsey ReMax $250-717-5000 $148,900 Rutland 2Bd, small pet welcome, family friendly, huge patio, MLS Ken Dempsey ReMax 250-717-5000 WATERFRONT, Shuswap Condo, 1bd w/ full basement, boat slip, fully executive furn’d. $269,000, 250-859-6606.

Mobile Homes & Parks

Firewood/Fuel

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FIREWOOD. Fir $175/crd, Jack Pine $150/cd, Ponderosa, $125. Jim, 250-762-5469 FIREWOOD For Sale 12”-14” Pine Rounds U-pick up. $60/cord (250)764-4509

Furniture Solid Wood Used Furniture OK Estates Furniture & More 3292 Hwy 97N, Kelowna (1.5 Kms North of McCurdy) 11-5 Tues-Sat OKestates.ca (250)-807-7775

Garage Sales MAJOR Downsizing Lrg & Sm items priced to go! #17-140 Nichol Rd. Nov 12th & 13th 9am -1pm Everything must go HOUSE Sold, two weeks to sacrifice contents, Call for articles of your choice! (250)7637513

Heavy Duty Machinery 6 Yard Sander $1200, Christy Carriage for yarding $1000, (250) 545-4653 or 308-0977 A-STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used / Damaged 40’ insulated makes great shop. Only $2300! Needs door and 40’HC $2800 No Rust!

Semi Trailers for Hiway & storage. Delivery BC and AB Call 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108 www.rtccontainer.com

Medical Supplies Shoprider Mobility Scooters & Powerchairs. New & Used, Stairlifts & Vertical lifts, www.okmobility.ca Kelowna: 250-764-7757, Vernon: 250542-3745, Toll free: 1-888-5423745

Misc. for Sale

Business for Sale BISTRO for Sale, all equipment set and ready to go. $15,000 Call(250)762-9298

Houses For Sale BEAUTIFUL, fully updated home in Dilworth Mountain Estates, parklike setting in quiet cul-de-sac, deer in the backyard, 3 BR., 2 1/2 Bath, very spacious master, living room, family room, audio visual room, roughed in plumbing in basement, brand new silver mist fridge stove, microwave, dishwasher. New roof, hot water tank, counters, travertine backsplashes, flooring, paint.

Lots of detail mill work, making this home very unique. See , more info and pictures on Castanet!! Real Estate suggested listing price $529,000 - list for $509,000.00 or will consider rent to own to qualified party.

863-3242. Rent to own will require deposit, $1850 per month of which $500.00 will be applied to down payment.

MORTGAGES LOW RATES. 4YR. 2.99% VARIABLE 2.5% Trish at 250-470-8324 ******* OKHomeseller.com Where smart sellers meet smart buyers! View Thompson Okanagan properties for sale.// Selling? No Commission. (250) 545-2383 or 1-877-291-7576

Mobile Homes & Parks $35,500.Rutland.Seniors, 2bd. carport & RV parkng #64-1133 Findlay Rd. MLS Ken Dempsey, Remax, 250-717-5000

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Factory outlet featuring Can-Am Palm Harbor Homes.

Singles starting at $54,500 + Tax. 1500 sq ft. 3bed, 2bath Double section $109,500 + Tax. Includes shipping & handling within Lower B.C. Regions.Show Homes at: 1680 Ross Rd. West Kelowna.

Accent Homes 250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca promo code 31/12/11 WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park model Homes. Tremendous savings. Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $114,950. Many other plans available. Come see our new display homes 610 Katherine # 58 in West Kelowna Estates Highway 97 to Westside Road, exit North 200 meters to Nancee Way, left 100 meters to Spland Road, right 100 meters to Katherine, left to #58 on right. The Home Boys 778-755-2505 Open House Wednesday to Sunday from 10-6 or www.hbmodular.com Why rent? 4bdrm 2bath 1522 sqft, family park many updates $149,500 Call Helmut Huber Century 21 (250)-878-8010

Mortgages Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

Townhouses $189,000. 1292sq’, 2bd+den, 2bth, garage, jacuzzi, vaulted, skylights. MLS Ken Dempsey, Remax, 250-717-5000 BEST TOWNHOME VALUE ON DILWORTH. Very Private Backyard & Patio. 2692 SQ.FT. 4 Bdrm. Pristine condition. MLS#10036216. $471,100. Call Mike Cadieux 250-215-2486. Prudential Kelowna Properties.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Down payment holding you back from moving into a brand new home? We’ll consider anything of market value on trade for the down payment on 64A McCulloch Heights.S.E. Kelowna. About 15 mins from Orchard Park.

Call Accent Homes 250-769-6614

Fruit & Vegetables

(2)1BD aprts for rent. 1 Dec 1st, other Dec 15th, secure building, close to all amens, $650+ utils. 250-861-4700 2BD Avail. Dec 1 incl. heat, NP, clean safe quiet environment, close to the lake, bus and shops. Call Heather at 250-763-7955 2BD Condo, Westside, 5appls +air, newer building. Sec ug prkng. Near Highschool & bus. $950. 250-717-0456 ext 206

Fruit & Vegetables

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GENTLY used ice skates, cleats, ski helmets, ski pants, snowsuits & winter clothes, 0-10 yrs. With a sale off clothing 20-50%. Baby equipment, cribs, car seats, swings etc.

Moms the Word 187 Hwy 33E past Rutland Rd 765-3422 V/S MC DD. Moving sale! Everything must go! Dining room suite, Recliners, occasional tables, electric fireplace, Night stand, TV ‘s, Entertainment centre, fridge, dishes, flatware, desks Too many items to list! Smoke, kid pet FREE house! Reasonable offers accepted. H- 250-7636575 W- 250-491-9425

Misc. Wanted Coin Collector Buying old Coins, Silver, Gold, Olympic + Also buying bulk silver coins.

Chad: 250-863-3082 (Local)

Sporting Goods Weber & Markin Gunsmiths Quality Firearms Buy & Sell at The Best Little Gun Shop Around, 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tues-Sat 10-6

Stereo / DVD / TV TV Stand $30 & 2 TV’s $10 each. Call 250-764-6135

Fresh From the Fields “Local Produce at Your Doorstep” To place an ad...call the Kelowna Capital News

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Rentals

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Commercial/ Industrial

2Bd Corner View. SS., Granite, Avail. Nov 1.NS NP. $1200 West Kelowna 250-470-3383 2BDRM, 2bth, 2 prking spots.

Available Now. Laundry in suite. Call 250-860-5613 or 250-470-9523, Baron Rd. 2 BDRM convenient capri area, $869 incl. heat, wireless net 250-764-1918 Avail. Dec 1 BELGO AREA, Rutland Rd. S. 2bd, $900 + hydro, f/s/w/d, NO PETS, bus. Avail.Now. 250491-3345, 869-9788 BROCKTON MANOR. 1 & 2 bedrooms. Please call us at 250-860-5220 DOWNTOWN large 2 bedroom apartment great location.

1191 Bernard Avenue. Vacant.

New stove, hood fan, paint.

Balcony. 250-764-7662 $850 FAIRLANE CRT. 2 & 3 bdrms, heat & hot water incl. Please call 250-860-4836 MILL CREEK ESTATES. 1588/ 1590 Spall Rd. Various floor plans.

250-860-4836. millcreekestates@shaw.ca WILLOW PARK MANOR. Aurora and Hollywood. 1 & 2 bdrms. 250-763-3654 APARTMENTS FOR RENT in Granada Gardens for Nov & beyond, ranging from $800-$850/mo 250-766-4528, 250-718-0881

Apartment Furnished TOP-flr 2bd, insuite lndry, NP. $1195, incl utils. Furn’d. Avail Now or Dec 1 (250)764-8440

Commercial/ Industrial 3500sqft Versatile Commercial Building. Excellent exposure in Vernon, BC $2042.+TN 1-250-550-5647 600 sqft ($600) or 1200 sqft ($1200). 2nd floor, DT Rutland No Triple Net, utils extra. 250860-6325 or 878-3619 900SF Warehouse/ Office w/600sf. mezzanine & 12’x20’ overhead door, incl. 10’x20’ fnc’d. area, $900/mo.+tax.

250-258-6566 FOR LEASE 600 sq.ft. Office Trailer fully serviced on fenced 1/2 acre. Zoned Heavy Industrial Including Auto Wrecking. $2500 + triple net. Fenced 1/2 to 1 acre serviced industrial lots available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit.

250-769-7424

Sporting Goods

PRIME Location! Reasonable rates. 3100sqft unit #3-690 McCurdy Rd. Kelowna Warehouse shop office for lease.

Rick 250-770-0903.

Cottages / Cabins BEACHFRONT in Peachland.

Winter Rates, Available for monthly rentals Oct 1- May 1.

1 & 2bd cottages starting at $800. Small dogs welcome.

Call 250-767-2355 www.daviscove.com

Duplex / 4 Plex 3BDRM 2 full baths, carport, fenced yard, pets ok. 602 Bolotzky Crt. Available Dec 1st $1100 + utils.(250)-766-1117 4BD, 2bth, 4 appls, all window blinds, carport, NP. Avail immed. (250)860-8583 4Bdrm 2bath newly reno’d Glenrosa, nr schools, NS./ NP. $1450 call/text(250)809-9989 Hein Rd, Kelowna, 2 bdr, f/s, w/d, 1 or 1.5 bath, sundeck, rent starts from $900. Looking for management for reduced rent. Call 250-317-8844 or 250-490-0046.

NEW 3 bdrm, 2 bath, A/C & 5 appl, Kel South. $1500/mo util.

N/S, N/P, Ph 250-762-9474 Refs req’d. Garage Parking.

Close to Hosp.

NEWER 3 bed, hospital area. SS appl, 2 car garage, High end finishing. sm pets ok with dep. No smk.

Avail Dec.1. $1650./mth Util incld 250-765-1240

Misc for Rent MONTH to Month parking.

Christleton Ave, directly south of the KGH parkade. $50/mo.

Contact Robert at 250-7636789, Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm.

Rentals

Rentals

Homes for Rent

Homes for Rent

2BD Mobile on private property, newly reno’d, KLO area, working couple pref, max 2 people, NS, small pet neg. $850+utils. 250-762-6627 2 BDRM house near Art District. $1250/mo incld’s util’s, 1 bath, 4 appl’s, patio and outdoor outdoor storage, yard maintenance pets welcome.

Avail. Dec1st. (250)212-1928 2BDRM Townhouse. Great location. Near amens & bus. FS, WD, free prking, balcony overlooking big yard, $950. NP. Gilles, 250-470-0000 2Bdrm Townhouse. Rutland.

1.5 baths. New paint, laundry Hook Up. Balcony with view.

NS. NP. $775 (250)765-6620 2BD. Upper, $1100 2BD Lower $1000 or All $1800 ac, gas f/p up, 2-car grge, shared heat, Avail now, 250-868-7360 4BDRM, 2bath. Westbank.

NS, NP, close to shopping, bus & school. $1500/mo.

ALSO 2bdrm, 2bath suite, $1200/mo. 250-212-8282.

Cabin 1BD, $650 fridge, stove, utils incl. Avail Nov 15.

Call 250-765-2429 DROWNING IN THE RENTAL POOL? If you can make monthly mortgage payments but don’t have a down payment, you may be eligible for a $45K non-repayable grant to put down on a brand new home-no strings attached!

Contact us about the Project Build II Attainable Housing program today! Gino 250-3172707 or info@thepropertysource.ca GLENROSA, 4bdrm,2.5baths, newly reno’d, lrge yard, tons of parking, avail immed. $1600+ utils. Pets neg. 250-769-5896.

MAIN floor of house, 3 bedrooms. Lower Mission, close to bus route, quiet road, large back yard. Large kitchen with newer appliances including gas range, gas fireplace, double garage, separate laundry.

Avail. Nov 19. Ph. 778-7531238 or 250-862-6126.

NEWLY Renovated 4bdrm 2.5 baths House West Kelowna $1400/mo NS. NP. Call (250)863-3213 WOOD Lk. View 3bdrm 2bath 3levels, strg, crprt $1250+utils.

Pets negot. (250)766-4322

Misc. Wanted

Misc. Wanted

Homes for Rent $1450 + utilities, Avail. Immediately, Lakeview Heights, 3bd up, 1bd down, appliances incl.

250-769-6992.

2Bdrm Carriage house, Avail Dec 1st. DT. $1200/mo. utils. incl. NP. (250)212-8909

Sporting Goods

FOR SALE - ROAD BICYCLES

HWY 97 North, 1800sq’ of retail, 1500-3300sq’ of indust. & compound.

Rutland area.

2000sq’ Retail. 250-765-3295

Rooms for Rent #1 Available, Furn’d. Quiet DT area,Int,Cbl/Utils. WD. Wrking/ stdnt/senior $400+ 861-5757 RUTLAND furnished room for working man, 30+, livingroom, TV, kitchen, laundry, utils incl, $490+DD. Call 250-215-1561 FURN’D. bdrm. all cbl/utils. incl’d., $450. Also small trailer $500. Call 250-317-2546

Senior Assisted Living CAPRI Mall Area, over 65, need assistance? Non smoker/drinker, One Bedroom Suite, fully furnished, incl.Utilities, Meals, Laundry, general cleaning $2500.00 single or $3,500.00 double or couple call Elena 250 870-7215 or Richard 250 869-7217, marionk@shaw.ca

From

Mobile Homes & Pads RV Pad for rent, in Joe Rich Looking for long term. Full hook up & wi fi $450/mo. Also could lease a horse or bring your own. (250)491-1142

Office/Retail

Give the gift of happy tummies this Christmas with a copy of Judie Steeve’s long awaited cookbook: Includes 200 mouthwatering recipes featuring the use of fresh, local, in-season ingredients as well as 64 full color photographs sure to tantilize your tastebuds!

Available at Chapters, Mosaic Books, the B.C. Wine Museum and many other locations. www.judiesteeves.com

2011 Norco CRR - SL, M, SRAM Red complete group 53/39, Ritchey Bars and Stem, Mavic Elite wheel $3600.

2009 Norco Diabolique II TT Bike, M, Vision Bars, Carbon Seatpost, forks, DuraAce 7800 brakes, shifters, derailleurs, FSA NeoPro Crank 54/42 - $3200 (no wheels)

For Sale By Owner

For Sale By Owner

2005 Cervelo P3K TT Frame only - 51cm, Carbon Fork and Seatpost - $200 Contact 250-462-4441 or mwalker@blackpress.ca

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Bosc Pears & Homemade Apple Pie (250)-860-2644.

www.grazianofamilyorchards.com

Bosc & Anjou Pears, Gala, Ambrosia, Aurora Golden Gala, Spartan Granny Smith, Fuji & Braeburn Apples Hazeldell Orchards

1980 BYRNS Rd, 250-862-4997.

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2bd/2bth condo a/c gas fp np 5appl. adult close to senior centre/shops bus stop smoke free new paint move-in ready.

250-545-2983, 250-545-1130 Newer Condo in Coldstream, 3 bdrm, den, 3 car garage, in-ground pool, furnished. $639,900. NO HST. drive by 8761 Hofer Dr. (250)550-3039

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Shared Accommodation

Shared Accommodation

1BD, shared. $500. Available Now. Downtown area. Call (250)-212-8909

ROOMMATE wanted from $450 or 4rms, $1350. 250860-8106, 250-718-3968

GLENROSA Bright, Spacious, lower lev. incl family rm, 1bd, 3pc bath, sep. entry, $750, utils incl. Avail Dec 1. 778754-2048, Call to view.

Suites, Lower 1 BDRM, $600 utilities included. Call (250)491-9383

NEWLY reno’d furn’d Bedroom, Rutland, NP/NS, $530 +DD incl utils, cble, int. 250765-1633

1Bdrm + den. 1000 sq. ft. sep laundry,NS NP. Sep entry parking Avail Now $900/mo (778)478-7935, 250-868-1533

Rentals

Rentals

Transportation

Transportation

Suites, Lower

Suites, Lower

Suites, Upper

Auto Financing

1 BDRM Private, quiet, upscale area, near lake, 4km from city park, washer & dryer, utils incl. $750 Avail Dec 1 (250)404-8681 1 BDRM self contained, soundproof 1000 sqft bsmt ste. Full bath, fridge, stove, air cond, f/p, laundry, monitored sec. system, parking, $750/mo utils incld. NP. Ideal for NS mature person. Avail. immediatly. Call 250-765-5205 2BD, 1bth, WO, $900 utils incl.

Westbank. Avail now. NS. NP. 250-769-7751, 250-864-4255 2BD bsmnt suite, w/o, 5appls, NS, NP. Ref’s. $950 incl utils.

Nov 1. Call 250-317-0373 2BD bsmt suite avail. Rutland area. $800 incl utils. Nov. 1st.

NS, NP. Call 250-864-7404 2BD. Glenrosa. Sep. ent., lg. bright, 2ba. $900 incl. int/cbl, dw & all utils. Pool. Pets/children ok. Immed.250-768-3890 2BD legal suite Rutland. Nr. bus & shopping. 4appl, ns, np. $950 + utils. Avail Dec 1st.

Call 250-863-1155 2Bdrm bright spacious & modern gr lvl bsmt ste. On acreage Ellison by Airport .

View, priv entry, fr, st, dw, island w/d, covered patio. $900 + 1/2 utils. NS. NP. Ref’s Call after 6pm (250)-869-7464 2BDRM suite, N/S, N/P, 5 appl,prkng, Gordon in Mission. $850+util. Immed. 764-5413 2BD suite, avail immed.

NP/NS. $750 incl. utils. Call 250-765-9471, 250-718-6505 2bd suite, Springvalley/Cosco area. 1200sq’. all appl incl WD, NS, NP. $875 utils & net incl. Dec.1 250-861-6094 BRIGHT 2bd, Capri area, gas FP, own lndry, utils incl, cats ok. NS. 250-869-7144 Bright 2bdrm Suite 451 B Wallace Rd. sep entry,& laundry $900 NP (250)870-8230 BRIGHT 2bd suite in blackmountain, Avail Dec 15, fridge and stove, NS NP $850 + utils. Call 1(250)398-9188

BRIGHT w/o basement suite in peachland, close to lake, 2bd + den, new kitchen & fresh paint throughout, 5 appl, sep entrance, indoor storage unit. $850/mo. + 1/2 utils.

NS,small pets only. Call (250)878-2193 DEC.1st 900 sq.ft. priv.entry, utils,cable incl’d. Prefer Adult.

1bd/2bd. $850 (250)860-8505 FURNISHED 1500sq’ walk out with beautiful view. Toovey Rd Kelowna, car required. Priv. entrance, patio, laundry, fully equip. kitchen, gas FP, incl. utils. and sat. TV pref. prof single/ couple. Ref’s. NS, NP, DD. $1000. 250-491-3090 MISSION; LR - 2 Bdrm suite in family home, private entrance.

Avail Dec 1st $1,300/mo incl utilities, cable & lndry. NS/NP 250-808-7866 PEACHLAND, 1bd Lakeview suite avail Dec 1. $600/mo. n/s, n/p no pets. Incl utils. 250215-4126 or 250-767-9297.

RUTLAND Quiet. brand new 2bdrm, porch, laundry, big kitchen, bus route, park NP, NS, Available now. $900 (250)-864-6722.

WESTBANK, Near New Wal Mart area. Nice 2bdrm suite.

Ideal for Seniors, gas fp, w/d, np, ns, Call 250-869-2140

Cars - Sports & Imports

Rentals

EXECUTIVE Suite, 2bdrm Duplex. Close to hospital. NS, NP. $1250 Laundry & cable incl’d. Available Nov.15 Call (778)-478-6991

1995 Volkswagen Jetta GL, standard, FWD, alarm, alloy wheels, anti-theft, cloth interior, cruise, PL, Sony CD player, sunroof, tinted windows, winter tires, 218,000kms, Gold, new alternator 2006, new battery 2008, winter tires 2008, new clutch 2011, very clean, $2900, call 250-488-1989

On the lake,1 or 2 bdrm furnished, $1150 incl. utils. near eldorado, Jan 1st. - June. 250878-4259. www.coveofsand.com

Townhouses

2005 Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG Kompressor AMG Sport Package, 5.5 litre V-8, 493 HP. Hardtop retractable roof, 31,000 km. Online auction now: www.bcacuction.ca. Info: 250-952-5003

NEW upscale 2bdrm townhouse, near Art District $1350 incl 2 1/2bath 5appls fenced yard, 2 patios, yard maintenance, outdoor storage. NS. Avail Dec 1 250-212-1928

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Cars - Domestic

$AVE. End of Season Sale.

2011 Electric Scooters $995-$1295.

Save Now. Buy before Spring! www.scoot4u.com 866-203-0906 / 250-863-1123

Off Road Vehicles

Suites, Upper 2Bd Quite lower mission fourplex, Dec 1, large deck, parking, appliances, $850 + utils.

4345 Turner Rd 250-878-6159 3Bdrm top floor newly reno’d backyard deck & laundry 1.5 baths Available NOW. $1150 + utils.(250)448-1724 3 bedrm 2 ba Upper floor of house. Separate laundry, util., and entrance. Large yard and full attached garage. Rutland area close to schools and YMCA. $1350/month + utilities. NP NS Avail Nov 15th Dec 1st or ASAP. Contact Don at 250 764 8305.

Bright Furn, Bach ste nr lake Pand shops Colg $695 incl. ns resp Adlt np 762-0317 Msg.

2007 Toyota Yaris, 2dr hatchback, 5 spd, $6,475, 2004 Toyota Matrix automatic, air, 112K, $6,975 Gov’t inspected, re-built vehicles, Vernon. 250260-4415

Motorcycles

LYLE’S TOWING Free removal of unwanted vehicles. Pay up to $1000 for good vehicles.

Lots of used parts for sale.

765-8537

Auto Financing

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RENTAL

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Thursday, Thursday,November November10, 10,2011 2011 Capital Capital News News

QUALITY AUTOS

• Everything being sold at cost!

• Warranty Available • Dealers Welcome 491-9334

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1995 Oldsmobile Achieva, 4 new summer tires, full set winter tires on rims. Good condition. $1500 obo(250)769-1524 2000 Honda Civic Auto 4dr, 183,000 km, A/C $4900 DL10805 250-317-0163 2004 Subaru Impreza TS AWD 5spd 146,000 km, $7995 DL10805 250-317-0163 2005 Chev Cavalier, 180K, 2dr auto, a/c, looks & runs exc.,$3050.obo.250-307-0002.

2006 FORD FUSION SEL automatic, power everything, red (merlot), mileage 148,800km, good-running vehicle - no problems. Set of winter tires included. Price: Compare: at dealership -$15,000+ Will sell for $9,850. Reason? Don’t need third vehicle. Telephone - 778-478-7539 Kelowna 2007 CHRYSLER 300, Silver Ext., Black/Grey Int., V6, Auto, Cruise, Air, Sunroof, Pwr Windows, Pwr Seat, CD, Aux, Tilt/Telescope Steering, Rear Defrost, Additl Winter Tires, 37,000 Km’s, Great Condition, asking $13,500, 250-859-3852

Yamaha ATV, dbl trunk passenger seat, foot rest, gun rck, new battery, storage cover, 1owner, low mileage. $1900. obo (250)769-0083

S lives here.

It’s here in our community. Please make a difference by volunteering.

Sclerosis Society of Canada S Multiple

1•800•268•7582 www.mssociety.ca

Scrap Car Removal $100 cash Paid for unwanted vehicles. Call Paul Haul (250)808-9593 1AA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Min $60 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 250-899-0460 SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equipment. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Snowmobiles 2011 VERNON SNOW SHOW! Sat Nov 12, 2-10 at the Vernon Rec Centre Auditorium.

Just a toonie to get in, and kids get in FREE. See the latest sleds and ATV’s from Arctic Cat, Polaris, Ski-Doo and Yamaha! Customized sleds, accessories, safety gear, search & rescue, CAC. www. vernonsnowmobileclub.org

Sport Utility Vehicle 1990 Jeep Cherokee Sport, ton of mechanical just done. $2800. 250-306-8760.

1993 Ford Explorer XLT

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Eddie Bauer Auto 4x4 Leather Power Seats Full Loaded Accident Free No Visible Rust B.C SUV Exellent Condition $2750 #68 Call 250-862-2555 Visit www.kfmauto.com

apartments • condos • commercial • industrial • duplexes • 4 plexes • miscellaneous • homes • office • retail • rooms • shared accommodation • suites • wanted

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AD MUST BE BOOKED BETWEEN NOV. 4TH AND 30TH.

MUSTANG GT, 4MSR-068 Silver wheel rims, 17x7 with 4 Snow Blazer tires plus new full vehicle cover. Never used. $950 for all. 250-717-0099

1995 Chevy Blazer 4x4, Leather, p/windows, a/c Exc. cond. $3500. (250)547-6147 2006 Toyota Rav 4 LTD AWD 115,000 KM loaded, $16,995 DL10805 250-317-0163

(No refunds if cancelled.)

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Cars - Sports & Imports 2004 Chrysler Crossfire loaded leather, Immaculate, V6, 6-spd $12,900. (250)612-1008

Trucks & Vans 1994 F-150 Ext.Cab, S/Box, XLT Lariat, 4x4, 351, 2 fuel tanks, remote start, alarm, 233,000 kms, green w/matching canopy, 1 season old winter tires on rims $3500 250-309-1159

2001 F350 Dually Diesel, very clean, will take newer car on partial trade, $14,500 obo 250545-9014 or cell 250-558-8289

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Remembrance Day Ceremonies All citizens are encouraged to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made to preserve our freedoms and to attend one of the many Remembrance Day ceremonies throughout the Central Okanagan.

Kelowna • City Park Cenotaph

Organized by the Royal Canadian Legion, Kelowna Branch #26 At approximately 10:25 am a parade of participating organizations and the Colour Party will march from Kerry Park (Mill Street) along Abbott Street to the Cenotaph in City Park for the ceremony. Following the ceremony, participating youth groups are invited to the Legion Branch, 1380 Bertram Street for lunch. A period of social remembrance will be held in the Parkinson Recreation Centre, 1800 Parkinson Way from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm.

Rutland • Lions Park Cenotaph

Organized by the Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit 376 The Gala Youth Choir will perform prior to the 11:00 am ceremony at the cenotaph in Lions Park. The ceremony will be preceded by a parade starting at 10:30 am from the Unit clubhouse parking lot at 270 Dougall Road North to Gray Road and into the park. Following the ceremony and parade dismissal, an Open House reception will be held at the Unit clubhouse, 270 Dougall Road North.

Lake Country • George Elliot Secondary School

10241 Bottom Wood Lake Road Organized by the Royal Canadian Legion, Oyama Branch #189 Please be seated inside George Elliot Secondary School by 10:30 am. Following the ceremony a Public Open House will be held at the Legion Branch, 15712 Oyama Road.

Peachland • Peachland Community Centre

4450 6th Street Organized by the Royal Canadian Legion, Peachland Branch #69 Fall in at 10:20 am at the Peachland Community Centre. Following the ceremony, adults are welcome at the Peachland Legion on 2nd Street, while refreshments will be served for all children and their parents at the Peachland Community Centre.

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n Remembrance Day Canadians memorialize its soldiers killed in action.

This day is honoured in a very different spirit than the same day in the U.S., called Veteran’s Day. Canada seems to me to bear remarkably little collective guilt for the behaviour of its citizens in wartime.

It has never suffered a prolonged civil war, nor been invaded for nearly two centuries. Its reasons for deploying its armed forces have never been blatantly self-serving.

It has defended “democracy,” it has defended its friends, and it has provided United Nations peacekeeping forces.

We mourn those who gave their lives defending freedom and protecting those unable to protect themselves—and it is fitting to mourn.

The mourning Remembrance Day calls for is more complex than we usually acknowledge, however.

It is not only the death of “our own” that needs to be mourned, but all death, destruction, physical and mental and emotional harm that war breeds.

Also, on this day we need to remember there is more than one way to give one’s life for one’s deepest values.

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The great religious teachers call us to live our deepest values in every moment, whether it is convenient or not, whether those around us are accepting or not.

The health of our souls demands an honest look at where the line between good and evil falls —a line that so often cuts right through our own hearts.

There is a sickness of the soul in being oblivious to harm as long as it is not to “our own.”

In needing to see ourselves as “good” and the Other as “evil,” we cut ourselves off from the deeper compassion that is the greatest gift of our humanity.

Yes, we do need to mourn. We need to mourn those who lost their lives serving their country.

We need to mourn those six million Jews and others who were victims of the Holocaust,

many of whom might not have died if we in other countries had cared more about those who were not “our own.”

We need to mourn those who have been victims of more recent largescale violence throughout our world—for they are all a part of our human family.

It is somehow indecent to respond so much more intensely to violence perpetrated against North Americans than against other peoples of the world.

We need to mourn our own tarnished and timid souls, not so innocent after all, even in Canada.

Yes, it is a religious act to remember. We remember those who have fallen in battle in the service of their country.

We remember those who have been victims of the violence of this past century and who are dying today.

We remember the times when we, and our country, have fallen short of living our highest values.

And we remember those who have been true to their faith and principles in the face of death and in the face of life.

For the dedication and discipline we need to live our chosen faith with courage and integrity owe much to those we hold in memory.

Yes, those who have died must not die in vain.

It is for us to build with our lives a world where someday justice will roll down like waters, and peace like an ever-flowing stream–and our young will not be sent forth to be cut down before their time.

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When Canadian soldier John McCrae penned his now famous poem, In Flanders Fields, he likely didn’t know that the poppy’s that grew in Flanders would become the symbol of Remembrance Day. In Canada, poppies are often worn from the beginning of November until Nov. 11 as a way for people to pay their respects to war veterans.

And in Kelowna, the best way to get a poppy is to drop into almost any business, make a donation and grab your poppy from the tray.

And the man responsible for getting those poppies out to local businesses is Ron LeRoy, the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy chairman.

“The poppy is the symbol of remembrance.

That’s what it’s all about, remembering our veterans,” said LeRoy, a veteran himself who served on the front lines in World War II. “We really appreciate

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in Kelowna, holds a poppy donation collection box located in many businesses during November to help raise money for Legion programs to benefit veterans. that people do remember us. I enjoy doing this because I have received lots of things in my life and I want to give back.”

At 86, LeRoy shows no signs of slowing down.

As the official poppy

person at the legion, every year he monitors the distribution of over 100,000 poppies, helping to get them out into the business community.

The Legion doesn’t sell poppies to business-

es, but relies on the donations that people put in the poppy trays to keep the program going.

Last year in Kelowna, $132,000 was raised in the poppy program.

“One of the biggest

numbers in Canada, we’re told,” said LeRoy. “We really have generous people in Kelowna.”

Money raised by the public’s donation to the poppy fund stays in Kelowna and is distributed to veterans in need.

“It’s public money,” said LeRoy. “We just look after it. We distribute some to the hospital and the hospice house and to veterans themselves.

“There are a lot of veterans in Kelowna and a lot that we don’t see and everyone needs some help from time to time.”

LeRoy grew up in Saskatchewan before moving to Alberta to work. He retired to Kelowna in 1989 and for the past 18 years has been in charge of the Legion’s poppy program.

Businesses are contacted each September with a letter asking for support. Each October volunteers head out to distribute the poppies to local businesses. For LeRoy, it’s a time of the year where he can give back to the community as well as be honoured by people wearing the traditional poppy.

Our soldiers November 11th should be remembered with pride, for the men and women who fought for the freedom of our country and died.

The minute of silence is to be shared, from generation to generation to honour our soldiers and show them we care.

They went to war knowing what was to come, they had to trade their lives with their families to carry a gun.

They slept on hard uncomfortable beds, while the hope of being free went around in their heads.

As they fought on far away lands, their families at home had to put a hold on their plans They hoped and they preyed that the war would end soon, so they could come home to their loved ones again.

Their hope was for peace and freedom of our lands, as they fought side by side and stood hand in hand.

A peaceful silence fell, and the guns were heard no more, they were able to go home now, it was the end of the war.

Peace is among us, and is close at reach, but it would never have happened, if it weren’t for the soldiers who believed.

This poem was written by Kennedy Tauber, 12, in recognition of his grandfather Mel Lashuk, of Kelowna.

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Remembrance Day has become one of the most popular days of the year for the staff and owners of the two De Dutch restaurants in Kelowna.

That’s because De Dutch has become a gathering point for local Legion members on Remembrance Day as the restaurant serves up free breakfast for all veterans.

“My staff just loves it,” said De Dutch owner Maurice

Mathieu, who started the free breakfast day three years ago as a way to honour veterans.

“It’s a good day. That’s all we do is interact with the veterans. I think if I tried to stop it now my staff might hang me.”

Last year close to 100 veterans took part in the free breakfast, and Mathieu expects even more this year as word spreads.

He says most veterans arrive in the morning before taking part in regular Remembrance Day events, although the free breakfast is available

from 8 a.m. until the restaurants close at 2 p.m.

The free breakfast idea came about a few years back when Mathieu noticed the regular moment of silence he held at his restaurants each Remembrance Day was being ignored by some patrons of the restaurant.

Instead he decided to offer veterans some good eats as a way of saying thank-you.

“I think we owe them that much,” said Mathieu. “They are very appreciative of it and

I just think it’s something that we should do.

“We should honour our vets and show some appreciation.

For awhile it seemed like there was nothing for our vets but it is getting better. People are becoming more aware.”

Since starting to offer the vets their Remembrance Day breakfast, Mathieu says many of his regular customers have been moved to donate money to veteran’s funds.

One gentleman who walked into the store and saw the large

group of veterans dressed in their full regalia offered to buy them all breakfast.

When he found out the tab was already taken care of the man instead donated $100 to the veterans. Other people have also been moved to donate.

“When people see these guys all decked out in their uniforms and their medals it’s very impressive,” said Mathieu.

“It’s a good thing for everybody. It brings out the best in everybody.”

A symbol of what De

Dutch’s breakfast means to the veterans also hangs in one of the De Dutch restaurants as last year Mathieu was given a picture of one local paratrooper who was about to drop out of an airplane before liberating Holland.

“The first year they came in they showed me the picture and last year they brought me my own copy,” said Mathieu.

“This has become one of the best days of the year for me and my staff. We just enjoy it so much.”

“We should honour our vets and show some appreciation…I think we owe them that much.”

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Kelowna native Dennis Leclair is hoping a Remembrance Day documentary will give his grassroots movement to honour our troops through song a hearty kickstart.

Leclair’s original composition, titled To Our Canadian Troops, will be included in an hourlong documentary airing throughout Canada on the Vision Network on Nov. 11.

The song, an ode to some 450,000 Canadian veterans and troops, was written by Leclair and performed by him and the Anne McClymont Elementary School choir.

“In Canada we have no song that instills pride and emotion and passion in our Canadian forces aside from our national anthem,” said Leclair.

“It would be very proper if Canadians could show their support for our troops by playing a song written by a Canadian.”

Leclair’s hope is that his song will be played at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canadian schools as well as at public events as a way to have a uniquely Canadian way to remember our veterans.

What makes Leclair’s attempts unique is that he is attempting to launch the song by a purely grassroots method.

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IN CANADA WE HAVE NO SONG THAT INSTILLS PRIDE AND EMOTION AND PASSION IN OUR CANADIAN FORCES ASIDE FROM OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. Dennis Leclair Working with just a single assistant, Leclair is attempting to get the song into the Canadian landscape by using the Internet as a way of spreading the word.

He’s targeting schools and music teachers with every CD including the original sheet music to the song.

“For a private individual with no marketing or financial support it’s going well beyond my original expectations,” he said.

“It was quite an honour to be included in a Canada wide documentary. I was absolutely thrilled.”

The documentary in question is called Canada Remembers.

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Towstego includes an interview with Leclair as well as two different versions of the song, one that opens the broadcast and one that closes it.

“It’s a historical document related to our Canadian veterans and how we remember them,” said Leclair.

“I’m guessing it will look at how musicians and other members of the community honour our troops and veterans.”

For Leclair, producing his song was his way of honouring the people who have served their country.

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His father served in World War II and a cousin served recently in Afghanistan.

As a counsellor, Leclair has also worked with many veterans, helping them overcome the mental barriers of returning to life outside of war.

Leclair’s song project is a non-profit venture for himself.

Aside from fully funding the project he is giving back all proceeds of sales of the CD to three different veterans charities.

“I believe our veterans don’t have the types

of benefits they should have,” he said.

“These charities will help them to pay for funerals, help them with rehabilitation and to help them get private hospital rooms or special education or additional home support.

“If everyone who knows a veteran would buy this commemorative CD then we would reach our goal.”

You can find out more about the song and order a commemorative CD at the website www.toourcanadiantroops.ca.

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Movie tale of flying ace Billy Bishop comes to Kelowna A classic Canadian musical about World War I has been turned into a film and will be shown in Kelowna on Nov. 11.

Billy Bishop Goes to War made its premier at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in 1978 and has toured nationally and internationally many times since.

Now the two men most responsible for the play’s success have reprised their iconic two-man stage play and moved onto the big screen in the feature film version of Billy Bishop Goes to War. According to the film’s web site, Billy Bishop goes to War is a “story of the human cost of war on a scale the world had never seen before. This is an intimate and powerful portrait of a man who continues to capture the imagination.”

The film is inspired by the life of the legendary Billy Bishop, a WWI flying ace from Owen Sound. Canadian acting legend Eric Peterson and award-winning writer/ composer John Gray are back in the the roles that have captivated audiences for over three decades.

Nearing the end of his life, an aged Bishop (Peterson) recounts the

Below are two poems submitted to the Capital News by John D. Grant with his hope that they might encourage local residents to attend one of the Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place across the Central Okanagan on Friday, Nov. 11.

MEAGER COMPENSATION They slowly gather into a group, And discuss the past and the route.

They’re older now and they are few, You may ask, ‘What did they do?’

They are the brave, who survived the test, With many giving lives at their best.

It is the time for us to say, ‘Lest We Forget, It’s Remembrance Day.’ They proudly march to the cenotaph, To take part and remember that, They are the fortunate, who survived the fray, So we may live in freedom today.

As time goes by the young don’t heed, Or give a thought of how they were freed.

They gave their lives without being dour, Is it too much to give them, just one hour?

THE MARCH OF TIME They march along to the beat of the band, These are the vets who fought in a foreign land.

There are fewer today as time goes by, Age catches up and they die.

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Bishop won the 1981 Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Award, the 1982 Chalmers Canadian Play Award, and the 1983 Governor General’s Award for drama, as well as an ACTRA award for best television program.

Gray and Peterson revised the show in 1998,

adding one new song and presenting events through the eyes of an older Bishop recalling his wartime experiences. Billy Bishop Goes To War continues to be one of the most popular Canadian musicals.

It will be shown twice at Kelowna’s Paramount Theatre at 1 and 3 p.m.

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To the cenotaph rank and file To lay the wreaths in accustomed style.

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Reliving old memories The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society will present Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift, written and performed by Julie Mackey on Saturday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.

Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift will feature songs of the war years performed by Sally Evans and Molly Boyd beginning one hour earlier at 7 p.m.

Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift is a surprisingly funny drama that tells the story of a Canadian World War II veteran who reluctantly returns to Normandy, France, for the 60th anniversary of DDay. While revisiting the beach he landed on sixty years earlier, Jake encounters Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old from the local village whose in-

Julie Mackey quisitive nature and charm challenge the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghostsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;most notably, the war-time death of his eldest brother Chester, a once promising young musician. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The comedy really comes out in these two people who tell it like it is,â&#x20AC;? says writer and the performer of Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift,

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Julia Mackey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen is a lot of people have a Jake in their world, a story about loss and emotional experience for people.â&#x20AC;?

In June 2004, Julia Mackey traveled to Normandy, France, for the 60th anniversary of DDay. During that eightday journey, she interviewed dozens of Canadian, British and American veterans who had returned for the ceremonies.

The stories they shared with Julia, and her own life-long interest in World War II inspired the development of the play.

In August 2006, the first draft of Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift received a workshop performance at the Sunset Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Exploration Series in Wells, B.C. This is a beautifully moving play with only one actor portraying all four characters. Through one irritable 80-year-old man and a quick-witted 10-year-old, an amazing story is told through their eyes, signifying one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most historic events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a sense of loss, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a lot of friendship even with the differences in generations,â&#x20AC;? said Mackey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Audience members) may feel more patriotic and the importance and remembrance of passing on.â&#x20AC;?

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Phyllis was born in Prince Edward Island on Aug. 21, 1922. She enlisted in February 1943 and was initially stationed at the No. 1 Wireless School in Montreal.

After completing subsequent courses in Toronto and back in Montreal, Phyllis was posted to London, England, on June 1, 1944, where she worked as a clerk stenographer. During her time in military service, she received a Canadian Voluntary Service Medal, Defence Medal (overseas service) and a Defence Medal (Canada). She was discharged in April 1946.

Phyllis just turned 89 and has been active with the local Legion such as the poppy selling campaign and participating in the annual RemembranceDay ceremony.

Oliver joined the Royal Canadian Army Artillery in Sudbury, Ont., on April 15, 1941, and was sent to North Bay, Ont., for basic training. After being posted in North Bay, Pettawa and Victoria over the course of the next year, Oliver was sent overseas in February 1942. He was stationed in Borden, England, for two months, then to Redding for three months, then to Brighton, Bournemouth and Dover, and then subsequently to France on June 12, 1944, six days after the D-Day landing. He served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. After the Germans were defeated in 1945, Oliver volunteered to serve in Japan, but the Japanese surrendered following the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He was discharged from military service in May 1946. Oliver passed away in Kelowna on June 7, 2002.

Russell enlisted in the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1939 and served until 1947. He was involved in the European theatre of operations during World War II, stationed at varying times in Britain, France and Germany. Russ passed away in Kelowna at the age of 86 on feb. 10, 2002.

James N. Hornung was born in 1938. He served during the Korean War and was a diver in Royal Canadian Navy from 1957 to 1967. During his service on the West Coast, he served on the Naden, Skeena, Ontario, Jonquire and the Cowichan vessels. After he left the Navy, he lived in Prince George for many years and was a strong supporter of the local Legion. In 1989, he moved to the Okanagan, residing in Summerland, Christina Lake and then finally in Kelowna, following amputation of his legs.

Jim was a member of the Kelowna branch of the ANAVETs. During the month of November, Jim was an active supporter of the poppy campaign, getting around town on his scooter. He died in 2009.

Book revives forgotten emotions For most Canadians, Nov. 11 is a day where we pay tribute to the sacrifices of soldiers who died in the line of duty.

Author Helen Wilkes feels that the day should also serve as a time to remember civilians who died in war. Her experience writing Letters from the Lost: A Memoir of Discovery helped to re-

mind her of the emotional impact that war has both on the soldiers involved and on the civilian populations caught in the middle.

Using her own familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letters that evoke their experiences at home and abroad during the Second World War, Wilkes created an account that has been heavily praised for

its unique ability to awaken empathy in readers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hold the utmost respect for those soldiers who risked and too often sacrificed their life to protect civilian populations,â&#x20AC;? said Wilkes, whose parents fled Nazi-occupied Prague. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is why I feel itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that we also take time to reflect on

those children, those families, those ordinary humans who lost their life in war.

Letters from the Lost recently won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. It was also won the 2011 Alberta Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award. To learn more about the book, see www. lettersfromthelost.com.

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Military museum sends Boer War era rifle back to original regiment Kevin Parnell STAFF REPORTER

The South African conflict known as the Boer War at the turn of the 20th century represents the earliest conflict presented on display at the Okanagan Military Museum.

But a rifle used in the Boer War, and unearthed by a volunteer in the archives at the Okanagan Military Museum, has been sent to London, Ont., to its rightful home in a military museum in that province.

The Lee-Metford MK I bolt action repeater rifle, dated 1896, was found here in Kelowna but sent east after etchings on the rifle showed that it belonged to a solider from the Royal Canadian Regiment in London.

“The rifle was a significant artifact of that Royal Canadian Regiment and we felt that it should go there,” said military museum curatorial assistant Keith Boehmer, who researched the find, contacted the museum in Ontario and sent the rifle home.

“Often we can end up with something that is related to someone outside of our region.

“Transferring the cultural property between museums is common according to a code of ethics and what is in the best interest of the artifact.”

And while some may have wanted the Boer War rifle to stay in the Oka-

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THIS 1896 Lee-Metford MK I bolt rifle, used in the Boer War, had been originally on display at various Okanagan locations, until the Okanagan Military Museum did a little further research and discovered it belonged to a soldier with the Royal Canadian Regiment in London, Ont. Because the rifle had more local meaning to that regiment, it was shipped back to London where it has more local significance. nagan, it now resides in its proper home and represents one way that the Okanagan Military Museum honours wartime heroes and mementos.

As Remembrance Day comes around for another year, the Okanagan Military Museum is set to welcome residents who want to view items and displays from war conflicts dating back to 1900.

The Boer War is the first conflict represented at the museum with the war taking place from 1899 to 1902.

As far as Canadian troops went, it was Canada’s first coalition campaign since confederation in which parliament authorized whole units to serve the British empire.

The task was to supply infantry, mounted infantry, artillery and medical units led by Canadian officers to larger formations led by British officers.

The Okanagan Military Museum does have

on display a similar rifle from the Boer War to the one sent back to London and has a stronger connection to the Okanagan.

It was used by Private George L. Dore during his service with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Dore settled in Kelowna before World War II. His rifle, on display at the Okanagan Museum, has place names etched into the wooden stock to remind him of loss of friends and other adventures in South Africa.

“Our audience expects local content so when we look at donated items we have to ask a series of questions to determine whether the artifact is pertinent or not,” said Boehmer.

“That rifle was on display at the Legion for many years.”

As far as Remembrance Day is concerned, the Okanagan Military Museum is encouraging people to attend which-

ever ceremony they want to around the Okanagan before coming to the military museum to complete their Remembrance Day experience.

“Our displays go from 1900 through to present day and what we’re trying to represent was these were average people stepping up to do a tough job with the expectations that they come back to Canada to get on with their lives,” said Boehmer.

Exhibits range from the Boer War to the first and second world wars to women’s service, life on a war time ship as compared to camp life.

There is also clothing that you can try on and the archives to explore.

On Remembrance Day, the Okanagan Military Museum, which is located in the Memorial Arena, will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. kparnell@kelownacapnews.com

Canada invoked Remembrance Day as a national holiday in 1931 We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument.

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Remembrance Day is observed on Nov. 11, a statutory holiday throughout all of Canada except Ontario and Québec.

Remembrance Day commemorates Canadians who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The first Remembrance Day was conducted in 1919 throughout the Commonwealth.

Originally called Armistice Day, it commemorated the end of the First World War, “the War to end all Wars”, on Monday, Nov.11, 1918, at 11 a.m. (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month).

From 1923 to 1931, Armistice Day was held on the Monday of the week in which Nov. 11 fell. Thanksgiving was also celebrated on this day.

In 1931, MP Allan Neill introduced a bill to hold Armistice Day on a fixed day—Nov. 11.

During the bill’s introduction, it was decided the word “Remembrance” would be used instead of “Armistice.”

The bill passed and Remembrance Day was conducted on Nov. 11, 1931. Thanksgiving Day was moved to Oct. 12 that year.

In the U.S., Remembrance Day is known as Veterans Day. The dead of World War II and Korea, and of

all other wars are also remembered on this day. In Britain, Canada and much of the Commonwealth, and in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe, it is observed with a two minutes silence at 11 a.m.

The poppy is the symbol that individuals use to show that they remember those who were killed in the wars and peace keeping operations that Canada has been involved in. Replica poppies are sold by the Royal Canadian Legion to raise money for needy veterans.

The tradition of wearing poppies in honour of Canada’s war dead takes its origin from the poem “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

McCrae was a Canadian medical officer during the First World War. His poem reflects his first hand account of what he witnessed while working from a dressing station on the bank of the Yser Canal.

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In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD 1872-1918 Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the po ppies blow Between the crosses row on row.

That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely sing ing, fly Scarce heard amid the gu ns below.

We are the Dead. Short day s ago We lived, felt dawn, saw su nset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hol d it high.

If ye break faith with us w ho die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” remains to this day one of the most memorable war poems ever written. It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915.

Here is the story of the making of that poem.

Although he had been a doctor for years and had served in the South African War, it was impossible to get used to the suffering, the screams, and the blood here, and Major John McCrae had seen and heard enough in his dressing station to last him a lifetime.

As a surgeon attached to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Major McCrae, who had joined the McGill faculty in 1900 after graduating from the University of Toronto, had spent seventeen days treating injured men -- Canadians, British, Indians, French, and Germans -- in the Ypres salient.

It had been an ordeal that he had hardly thought possible. McCrae later wrote of it: “I wish I could embody on paper some of the varied sensations of that seventeen days... Seventeen days of Hades! At the end of the first day if anyone had told us we had to spend seventeen days there, we would have folded our hands and said it could not have been done.”

One death particularly affected McCrae. A young friend and former student, Lieut. Alexis Helmer of Ottawa, had been killed by a shell burst on 2 May 1915. Lieutenant Helmer was buried later that day in the little cemetery outside McCrae’s dressing station, and McCrae had performed the funeral ceremony in the absence of the chaplain.

The next day, sitting on the back of an ambulance parked near the dressing station beside the Canal de l’Yser, just a few hundred yards north of Ypres, McCrae vented his anguish by composing a poem. The major was no stranger to writing, having authored several medical texts besides dabbling in poetry.

In the nearby cemetery, McCrae could see the wild poppies that sprang up in the ditches in that part of Europe, and he spent twenty minutes of precious rest time scribbling fifteen lines of verse in a notebook.

A young soldier watched him write it. Cyril Allinson, a twenty-two year old sergeant-major, was delivering mail that day when he spotted McCrae. The major looked up as Allinson approached, then went on writing while the sergeant-major stood there quietly. “His face was very tired but calm as we wrote,” Allinson recalled. “He looked around from time to time, his eyes straying to Helmer’s grave.”

When McCrae finished five minutes later, he took his mail from Allinson and, without saying a word, handed his pad to the young NCO. Allinson was moved by what he read: “The poem was exactly an exact description of the scene in front of us both. He used the word blow in that line because the poppies actually were being blown that morning by a gentle east wind. It never occurred to me at that time that it would ever be published. It seemed to me just an exact description of the scene.”

In fact, it was very nearly not published. Dissatisfied with it, McCrae tossed the poem away, but a fellow officer retrieved it and sent it to newspapers in England. The Spectator, in London, rejected it, but Punch published it on 8 December 1915.

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